Sentences with phrase «threat to public health»

Stress and negative emotions pose a major threat to public health, by increasing the risk of obesity.

The researchers are adamant that this poses a serious threat to public health safety and animal health.

That time may be reduced if the cat is injured or poses a significant threat to the public health.

Calls involving wild or dangerous animals that present an imminent threat to public health or safety.

The select agents that pose the greatest threat to public health and safety are labeled as Tier 1.

The rise of antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens is an increasingly global threat to public health.

Not only is this an environmental issue but a grave threat to public health.

State agencies can enact emergency rules when there is shown to be an immediate threat to public health, welfare or safety.

The scientific evidence overwhelmingly suggests that climate change poses a clear threat to public health.

In addition, since 1996 the EPA has been required to make regulatory decisions about five new pollutants each year, ruling on those that might pose the biggest threats to public health.

Malama comes to the conclusion that zoonotic tuberculosis is a considerable threat to public health in Zambia and that a «One Health» approach adapted to local needs is required in order to control the spread of infection in the area.

The Department of Health has supported the idea of needle exchanges for drug users in Britain since 1987 on the grounds that HIV is a greater potential threat to public health than hard drugs.

that, «Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring, non-toxic and beneficial gas, and it poses no direct threat to public health».

«Airborne pollutants pose the biggest environmental threat to public health, so we hope these specific estimates help to make the impacts more tangible to concerned citizens.»

New York State wants to require manufacturers of cleaning products to disclose all ingredients and trace contaminants added during processing if the compounds are considered threats to public health or the environment.

«This action poses an immediate and severe threat to the public health of the City, not only to Chelsea residents, but to all of New York City's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities,» the groups wrote.

«Chikungunya continues to be a major threat to public health around the world.»

Health departments can deal with threats to public health from fecal contamination, dead dog bodies, etc..

With the scale of the nvCJD threat to public health still unclear, scientists have been busy investigating the relationship between the strains of prions blamed for neurodegenerative illnesses, including the presumed connection between BSE and scrapie.

We believed there was an urgent threat to public health, and no one else seemed to be doing anything to help the citizens of Flint.

Miller - Travis said the federal grants enable hundreds of communities to transform threats to their public health, natural resources and economy into parks and other recreational uses, housing and new businesses.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also targeted C. diff as a key threat to public health.

This triple threat to public health can only be the work of the USDA in conjunction with the soy industry and other manufacturers of processed, packaged and junk foods.

According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health worldwide, and the primary cause for this man - made epidemic is the widespread misuse of antibiotics.1

Many municipalities already have by - laws that deal with animal bites, and in Ontario the Dog Owners Liability Act has proven to be effective in confining, restraining or disposing of biting or attacking dogs judged to be a definite threat to public health and safety, and when evidence warrants, there is always Section # 221 of the Criminal Code of Canada.

Spaying and neutering can significantly reduce the number of animals being euthanized at open intake shelters or turned away at no kill shelters due to lack of space, decrease the cost of picking up and housing stray or unwanted animals, and lower threats to public health and safety.

The Food and Drug Administration, racing to keep up with explosively growing global flows of food, drugs and other products it tracks, has released a report outlining how it plans to minimize threats to public health and welfare.

EPA relied almost exclusively on IPCC «science» and models; if they are wrong, EPA is wrong, and there is no valid scientific basis for its conclusion that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas «pollution» endangers public health and welfare The real threat to public health and welfare is the previous administration's regulatory agenda, which would have slashed fossil fuel use and raised energy costs to catastrophic levels.

A coalition of 11 states filed suit against the U.S. EPA in federal court yesterday, charging that the agency's recently issued mercury emissions rules, which establish a «cap and trade» system whereby coal - fired power plants can trade pollution credits, pose an unacceptable threat to public health.

Other projected outcomes involve threats to public health, water availability, agricultural productivity (particularly in low - latitude developing countries), and coastal infrastructure, though some benefits may be seen at some times and places.

In addition to climate damage, the petition also highlights the devastating threats to public health and safety created by widespread fracking that has played a key role in driving the production of U.S. crude oil for export.

Meanwhile, debate over another emerging threat to public health — excessive sugar intake — continues to rage, with Professor Hal Swerissen and Professor Stephen Duckett from the Grattan Institute responding to critics of their recent report recommending a tax on sugary drinks in this article published on Croakey.

House Energy and Commerce Committee chair Fred Upton (R - Michigan) and Sen. James Inhofe (R - Oklahoma) announced draft legislation that would repeal a scientific determination that carbon pollution poses threats to public health and the environment, strip EPA's statutory authority and responsibility... Continue reading →

A landmark report by the World Health Organization in 2014 observed that antibiotic resistance — long thought to be a health threat of the future — had finally become a serious threat to public health around the world.

While the U.S. maintains one of the safest food systems in the world, foodborne illnesses continue to be a significant threat to public health.

An «imminent threat to public health» was declared in Suffolk County by the state Department of Health after the discovery of mosquitoes carrying Eastern equine encephalitis virus, a rare but potentially fatal pathogen.

Adiposity, or having excess body fat, is a growing global threat to public health.

When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston in the summer of 2017, damage to the city's infrastructure was considered an immediate potential threat to public health and safety during the storm.

ALEC has long attacked climate and science policy stating in 2011 that, «Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring, non-toxic and beneficial gas, and it poses no direct threat to public health».

The focus of the 2017 VET Report is a critical and growing threat to public health and the veterinary profession: antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

According to this year's Environmental Performance Index (EPI), poor air quality is the biggest threat to public health.

The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) finds that air quality is the leading environmental threat to public health.

Animal Services does not respond to reports of nuisance wildlife unless there is an immediate threat to public health and safety.

«At this time, when prescription opioid use and opioid overdoses are both major threats to our public health, it is important to identify new treatment targets, such as epigenetic processes, that help to change the way that we do business in treating opioid use disorders,» said professor John Krystal, Editor of Biological Psychiatry.

Researchers are now finding that more than the lungs are at risk, as dirty air may in fact be an accomplice to some of the greatest threats to public health, including diabetes, obesity and even dementia.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday, April 25, 2017 plans to require manufacturers of cleaning products to disclose all ingredients and trace contaminants added during processing if the compounds are considered threats to public health or the environment.