Sentences with phrase «threaten human health»

Alex Epstein claimed, in a Forbes article, that health risks related to the release of mercury by coal fired power plants were a «myth» while the «truth» is that «Shutting down coal power will make electricity more expensive and threaten human health, while the impact on mercury exposure would be so small that it will have no observable effect.»

Now that it's finally gotten started, the EPA's first step will be to issue an «endangerment finding,» to be proposed in April 2015 and finalized a year later, that will determine whether aircraft emissions threaten human health.

Changes in extreme weather threaten human health as well as prosperity.

Landfill sites permitted under DEQ's Solid Waste program, if contaminants that could threaten human health or the environment migrate beyond landfill boundaries, or site issues otherwise exceed the Solid Waste program's regulatory authority.

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Don't ignore the dangers of heavy metal toxicity or environmental pollution which threaten human health.

With frequent isolations, flaviviruses continue to threaten human health and animal industries.

Some microbes living and transported in ocean water, however, threaten human health.

These compounds can be put to use fighting pests that threaten human health, the environment and the food supply.

Devastating diseases caused by these pathogens to pre - and post-harvested crops threaten human health and the stability of global economies.

Without proper safeguards, we risk letting synthetic organisms and their products out of the laboratory with unknown potential to disrupt ecosystems, threaten human health and undermine social, economic and cultural rights.

The data would help researchers understand how microbes capture and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, how they break down organic matter so that plants can access its nutrients, and how they neutralize soil toxins known to threaten human health.

For instance, the treaty allows countries to refuse to import GMOs based on a «precautionary principle» — that is, even without «sufficient scientific evidence» that the products could cause environmental harm or threaten human health.

This research could have important implications for developing countries whose populations rely on rice as a staple of their diets and are in need of cheap, readily available material to improve soil quality and decrease arsenic levels that threaten human health.

Further, the widespread use of antibiotics to keep livestock healthy on those overcrowded CAFOs has led to the development of antibiotic - resistant strains of bacteria that threaten human health and the environment in their own right.

But oceanographers and radiation experts say the radiation levels will be too low to threaten human health.

If Rudenko confirms Clark's PCR tests using additional gene targets, and if Clark or Rudenko manage to grow Borrelia cultures out of human and lone star tick samples, then even the fiercest skeptics will have to recognize that Southern Lyme strains threaten human health, and that Lyme - like illness deserves Lyme - like treatment.

From cradle to grave, nuclear reactors pollute the environment and threaten human health and safety.

Climate change threatens human health.

Instead, many farmers are pleased to learn it has taken up residence because it shields their crops against a substance that threatens human health.

Humanity depends on nitrogen to fertilize croplands, but growing global use is damaging the environment and threatening human health.

The anti-vaccination movement not only threatens human health — as shown in the recent U.S. measles outbreak — but, according to the American Veterinary...

Climate change threatens human health and well - being in many ways, including impacts from increased extreme weather events, wildfire, decreased air quality, diseases transmitted by insects, food and water, and threats to mental health.

This fuel pollutes the air, threatens human health, and causes global warming.

Climate change threatens human health and well - being in many ways, including impacts from increased extreme weather events, wildfire, decreased air quality, threats to mental health, and illnesses transmitted by food, water, and disease - carriers such as mosquitoes and ticks.

Climate change threatens human health and well - being in many ways, including impacts from increased extreme weather events, wildfire, decreased air quality, and illnesses transmitted by food, water, and diseases carriers such as mosquitoes and ticks.

The increased demand on our nation's water supply is threatening human health and the environment.

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Unfortunately, little attention is given to understanding how human dignity of the clinician is threatened and violated in the current health care environment... [which] has led to the systemic violation of the dignity of the clinician (and ultimately that of persons who are sick), created moral distress among clinicians, and the collapse of the healing relationship.

In the United States, health care providers and others involved in the health care system (including employers and insurers) are threatened by the dictatorship of relativism in the guise of the Obama administration's Department of Health and Human Services, as the bishops of the United States have whealth care providers and others involved in the health care system (including employers and insurers) are threatened by the dictatorship of relativism in the guise of the Obama administration's Department of Health and Human Services, as the bishops of the United States have whealth care system (including employers and insurers) are threatened by the dictatorship of relativism in the guise of the Obama administration's Department of Health and Human Services, as the bishops of the United States have wHealth and Human Services, as the bishops of the United States have warned.

Recent meetings have discussed work on environmental issues of national significance such as threatened species protection, improving the environment for human health, and climate change.

To learn more, read Vaccine Epidemic: How Corporate Greed, Biased Science, and Coercive Government Threaten Our Human Rights, Our Health, and Our Children, edited by Louise Kuo Habakus and Mary Holland.

Right now, basic human rights are threatened in Washington, D.C.: health care, education, jobs, the environment, and equal citizenship,» she said in a press release Monday.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Trump was just joking last week when he threatened to fire him in front of tens of thousands of Boy Scouts, explaining: «Oh... it was a humorous comment that the president made.»

Ms. Barrios - Paoli lacks the higher profile of some of Mr. de Blasio's other deputies, but with a portfolio that includes health and human services, she'll be overseeing the city's response to a rapidly growing homelessness problem — a scourge that threatens to hurt Mr. de Blasio's affordable housing bona fides.

Most can live on the human skin without harming the host, but in some people bacteria can negatively alter their health, maybe even become life - threatening.

«This will have positive impacts for the threatened animals, for the welfare of domestic dogs and livestock, and for the health and finance of the human community,» Sillero argues.

The first comprehensive scientific treatise on our reliance on other species, Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity, published in 2008, confirmed the importance of genetic variety, describing groups of threatened organisms crucial to agriculture and human mediHuman Health Depends on Biodiversity, published in 2008, confirmed the importance of genetic variety, describing groups of threatened organisms crucial to agriculture and human medihuman medicine.

Pandemic flu continues to threaten public health, especially in the wake of the recent emergence of an H7N9 low pathogenic avian influenza strain in humans.

The commission's report echoes findings from another Lancet paper from a few weeks ago: Human health has progressed, but the planet has degraded to the point where the latter threatens to undermine the former (ClimateWire, June 23).

Their impact ranges from upsetting native ecosystems, to damaging the physical environment and even threatening human and animal health; hence the cost to agriculture, fisheries and forestry, as well as the expense of control and eradication programmes.

The illicit trade in wildlife and wildlife parts is now a multi-billion industry decimating iconic animal populations, undermining security across nations, and threatening ecosystems, food security, human health, and livelihoods among the world's poorest communities.

Goldberg and many other scientists seek to identify pathogens before they emerge to threaten human and animal health.

Physical processes affecting human health include rough seas that threaten both small and large vessels; weather disturbances such as typhoons and hurricanes; rogue waves; and surges from storms and tsunamis.

More ominously, the scientists warn that, «If we do nothing, endocrine disruptors may not only impact on human health but all the ecosystems including those on which we depend — if we compromise soil productivity and sustainability of our agricultural systems or cause imbalance in marine and freshwater ecosystems through damage to populations of top predators, ultimately, we threaten our own survival.»

Follow the link to watch Solutions to Human Impact: http://www.calacademy.org/educators/solutions-to-human-impacts Invasive species and nutrient pollution are two major issues threatening the health of the oceans.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), «When pet waste is improperly disposed of, it can be picked up by storm - water runoff and washed into storm drains or nearby water bodies --[it] carries bacteria, viruses, and parasites that can threaten the health of humans and wildlife.»

To avoid potentially life - threatening health risks to your dog as well as expensive veterinary bills, keep medications, supplements, and human foods locked up and out of your pet's reach.

A primary goal of the Rusk Veterinary Grant is to keep the human - animal bond intact by resolving medical issues that threaten the animal's health.

Also, intestinal parasites were constantly in pets, robbing them of their health and threatening the people in their lives because «worms» in dogs can also cause health problems in humans, too.

Almost all dog owners are exposed to health threats, like there are various zoonotic diseases, (diseases transmitted from animals to humans) many of which are very contagious and life threatening.