Sentences with phrase «state public drinking»

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«The agency should include and explain the... investigations conducted in Dimock, Pennsylvania; Pavillion, Wyoming; and Parker County, Texas where hydraulic fracturing activities are perceived by many members of the public to have caused significant local impacts to drinking water resources,» states the advisory body's review.

The federal government, for public safety reasons, will withhold some federal highway funds from states that set their drinking age younger than 21 but Congress has never tried to pass a law setting the drinking age nationally at 21.

Nestlé has been doing a lot of defending of late, including against a viral video in Malaysia stating that it is 40 % sugar and deceptive about its health benefits, as well as against the Sri Lankan president's public tirade accusing the brand of increasing the sugar content in its drink packs.

Ahead of the UK government's Soft Drinks Industry Levy coming into force next month, Public Health England (PHE) has published new data on the state of the nation's diet, nutrient intake and nutritional status — and sugary drinks are in the spotlight Drinks Industry Levy coming into force next month, Public Health England (PHE) has published new data on the state of the nation's diet, nutrient intake and nutritional status — and sugary drinks are in the spotlight drinks are in the spotlight again.

New York's public water supplies need stronger protections to ensure clean drinking water and prevent contamination that could result in health problems, according to a report released today by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office.

Erie County Department of Health is responsible for overseeing and regulating public drinking water supplies» compliance with State and Federal standards.

The New York Public Interest Research Group has opened an online database giving residents a shortcut to accessing federal and state test results for contaminants in drinking water.

Concerned about children's exposure to lead found in drinking water, lawmakers met with reporters today at the state capitol in Albany to discuss a last - minute push to require lead testing in all public schools.

And fueled by drinking water contamination in Hoosick Falls and Newburgh, there is companion legislation that requires nearly all public drinking water supplies in the state to be tested for emerging contaminants.

State Department of Health Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Public Health Brad Hutton says the legislation expands drinking water protections.

The state Health Department and village officials were widely criticized because they waited roughly 16 months — and faced pressure from the EPA — before they warned the public to stop drinking the water.

At the first of three legislative hearings on Hoosick Falls and water quality issues on Tuesday, state health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker pointed to the EPA dozens of times as the reason residents were allowed to drink poisoned water without public warning.

The state's Health Department did not warn against drinking the water here until after a federal warning was made public in December.

«We did receive a letter dated March 10, 2015, from Mayor Borge, that summarized the situation, asked for our assistance, and that stated, «the NYS Department of Health recently published a public notice specific to Hoosick Falls in which it determined that there were no immediate health risks associated with our drinking water.»»

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has purchased a 38 - acre parcel in the pine barrens that expands public lands and recreational green space while helping to preserve Long Island's drinking water resources, officials announced Wednesday.

Lawmakers on Wednesday at a public hearing questioned why the state had signaled to residents the water was safe to drink when federal officials late last year warned them not to consume the water in the village.

«The Legislature, not DMV, made a value judgement between competing ends, concluding that public safety may outweigh the licensing interests of recidivist drunk driving offenders,» the court's ruling states.

«Our first call was to the New York state Health Department encouraging them to notify the public and tell them not to drink the water.»

Democratic Long Island Rep. Kathleen Rice called for federal and state action to address perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contamination in public drinking water in New York and in communities across the country.

NYC Public Advocate Tish James and other officials argued in an amicus brief that a shooting victims» families should be able to sue Walmart in state court for negligence for selling handgun ammunition to a customer they charge was too young to legally buy it and visibly drunk.

At 11 a.m., amid a growing flood of reports of lead in school drinking water around the state and the country, a coalition of New York public health, environment, and healthy schools advocacy groups will call on state government leaders to take action, LCA Press Room (130), Legislative Office Building, Albany.

Every one of the state's 728 public school districts must run lead tests on the water coming from drinking fountains and most of the sinks in every school building.

... Brad Hutton, the deputy commissioner for the Office of Public Health, noted that the state Drinking Water Quality Council has held two full - day meetings and a third is scheduled for next week.

Riverkeeper is actively involoved in litigation, advocacy, and public education surrounding the issue of shale gas extraction and related infrastructure, particularly because of the potential impacts on New York State's drinking water supplies.

At 11 a.m., Toxics Targeting Inc. holds a news conference releasing photos of algal blooms threatening the sources of public drinking water for residents of Syracuse, Auburn, Rochester, Ithaca and other communities across New York, state Capitol, third floor, adjoining to the LCA Press Room, Albany.

He won bipartisan approval of a law setting testing and safety standards for drinking water in every public school — the first law of its kind in the United States.

Hoosick Falls residents will have their first chance to directly confront state officials on Tuesday in a public hearing to address the PFOA contamination in the village's drinking water.

Jimino says along with public water supplies, private wells are being tested in the two communities as federal and state initiatives continue in Hoosick Falls to ensure people have safe drinking water.

«As the federal official who alerted the public about the risk of drinking the toxic water in Hoosick Falls, I continue to be concerned that the state of New York has not learned the lessons from their water crisis,» she said in a statement provided to the Times Union late Tuesday.

It was 16 months, remember, from August 2014 — when state officials first learned of high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, in Hoosick Falls» public drinking water supply and private wells — to the time the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stepped in and told residents not to drink or cook with their tap water, in December 2015.

The ErieThe Erie County Sheriff's Office Underage Drinking Prevention Unit is overseen by the Erie County Sheriff's Office «Public Awareness is Prevention» program funded by New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse.

The first - of - its kind study, led by a multi-disciplinary research team at BMC and the BU School of Public Health (BUSPH), reviewed data on 29 youth - specific and adult policies on drinking to establish scores characterizing each state's alcohol policy «environment.»

A new study by public health researchers at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development finds that the severity of the problem within the state is not the most important predictor of whether states adopt new laws to restrict drunk driving — nor is the political makeup of the state government.

States including Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and California have banned soda from school vending machines and cafeterias in recent years, and public officials are now turning their attention to sports drinks and other sugary beverages.

«The EPA and state regulators must set drinking water standards to protect the public, including those more susceptible to the toxic effects of chromium - 6,» the EWG report reads.

It's known from previous studies that children and teens in the United States drink a lot of sugary beverages, said study author Dr. Y. Claire Wang, an assistant professor of health policy and management at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, in New York City.

The Virginia Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water (VDH - ODW) indicates that school facilities that are served by a public water system are not required by state law or regulation to test water at an individual school, unless the school is served by a community waterworks that has identified the school as one of their test sites, or the school is served by its own independent water system (typically a well water system) that is regulated by the state as a waterworks.

Some of these services and facilities include a king - size bed with King Koil mattresses, living and dining rooms with two additional daybeds featuring King Koil mattresses, sundeck and loungers, complimentary WiFi broadband internet connection throughout the villas and public areas, preloaded Bose I - Pod docking system, state of the art DVD / VCD / CD player, tea and coffee making facilities, IDD telephone, LCD TV with satellite and cable TV, safety deposit box, hairdryer and a minibar with a jovial selection of drinks.

His untitled 1991 work featuring a functional, polished, granite drinking fountain juxtaposed with a flag pole was his first permanent public outdoor work in the United States.

Ten Great Public Health Achievements — United States, 1900 - 1999 Vaccination Motor - vehicle safety Safer workplaces Control of infectious diseases Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke Safer and healthier foods Healthier mothers and babies Family planning Fluoridation of drinking water Recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard

Krupnick's primary research methodology is in the development and analysis of stated preference surveys (such as contingent valuation and choice experiments), which include eliciting preferences for reductions in mortality risks, environmental risks, tradeoffs involved in improving community drinking water quality with respect to removal of carcinogens versus microbiological agents, and, most recently, the risks from shale gas development as seen by experts and the general public.

A press release from the city states that the Mayor is looking at more ways to bring drinking fountains back across London as part of a way to improve public spaces.

This year's report highlights the sorry state of the nation's water infrastructure — our drinking water, waste water and storm water systems, and our dams and levees — and the need for green, 21st century investments to protect clean water, public health and safety, and the fish and wildlife that depend on healthy rivers.

Recently, an online public records database published a study that ranked the states across the country by the level of drunk driving problems each is experiencing.

The Court then went on to state that more public interests than the impossibility of satisfying drinking water, electricity production or irrigation of the receiving river basin could be capable of justifying the project under directive 2000/60 provided that the conditions of article 4 (7) were satisfied:

In developed nations like Canada and the United States, traffic fatalities have been declining since the 1960s because of seat belts and seat belt laws, air bags, better public education and enforcement regarding drinking and driving, and better vehicle design.

Curbing Drinking and Driving Over New Years Because New Years is such a dangerous time for drunk driving, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) has a Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign that works with the individual states throughout the U.S. to both enforce drunk driving laws and to educate the public.

The Supreme Court noted that the public has an interest in seeing the court admit the blood samples as evidence because drunk driving is a severe crime against the state.

Compounding Pharmacies Face Added Scrutiny in Wake of Meningitis Outbreak, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, January 26, 2013 After Multiple Lawsuits Allege Wrongful Death and Other Claims Against Energy Drink Company, Insurance Companies Seek Declaration that They Are Not Obligated to Provide Defense, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, December 7, 2012 More Than Forty People in Indiana Sickened in Fungal Meningitis Outbreak; State Seeks to Revoke License of Pharmacy Where Outbreak Allegedly Originated, Indiana Injury Lawyer Blog, October 31, 2012 Photo credit: By Ben Mills (Own work)[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

The United States of America has seen decades of public awareness campaigns educating drivers about the dangers and consequences of drinking and driving.