Sentences with phrase «to protect human health»

You can probably guess, without even looking, which entity proposes a lower threshold number for protecting human health.

The firm has developed a technique to genetically modify a range of insects with the aim of protecting human health and boosting food crop yields.

Trap - neuter - release programs for community cats help protect human health.

Although vaccinations are part of a preventive healthcare program, the rabies vaccine protects human health as well.

We hope these data will help urge leaders across sectors to generate new knowledge and enact policies that promote economic development while protecting human health and our planet.

A clean home goes a long way toward protecting human health.

Perhaps the most compelling reason for communities to support local conservation initiatives is that they actually protect human health.

That comes first in terms of protecting human health and human lives, then we can address the research side.

Some of these diseases can be passed from dogs and cats to people — so vaccinations have protected human health as well.

A spokeswoman for the EPA declined to comment, but a top official said in an internal memo that EPA leaders «will do everything in our power to protect our ability to support the mission of the agency in protecting human health and the environment.»

Mass Audubon supports a scientifically based approach to mosquito control focused on protecting human health and minimizing environmental impacts.

An effective ISWM system considers how to prevent, recycle, and manage solid waste in ways that most effectively protect human health and the environment.»

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University will help organic growers protect human health by assessing the risks and benefits of wild birds on organic farms.

And as a global leader in vector control, we've worked for many years to improve and expand products designed to protect human health against vector - borne diseases in the United States and globally.

It offered a more involved testing for contaminants, but it still did not adhere to the minimum criteria for protecting human health under the EPA's own guidelines for a Superfund site.

Risks must be understood to ensure guidelines protect human health.

The Rockefeller - UNFCCC collaboration is one step towards building a new field called Planetary Health, which provides a framework for decision makers in governments, businesses, non-profits and community organizations to ensure that their plans and programs protect the planet in ways that also protect human health.

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Overall, the regulations have been appealed against by Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco, with Japan Tobacco International and Imperial Brands acting as related parties, but the Court claims the new regulations protect human health and meet the Union's responsibilities under UN tobacco agreements.

«These improvements within the local watershed combined with increased storage and nutrient management north of Lake Okeechobee would collectively improve the conditions in both the St. Lucie Estuary, adjacent portions of the Indian River Lagoon, and the nearshore reefs downstream of the St. Lucie Inlet while better protecting human health.»

Yet urgent and substantial climate change mitigation «will help protect human health from the worst of these effects, and a comprehensive and ambitious response to climate change could transform the health of the world's populations,» they argue.

In Salt Lake City, Rio Tinto operates strictly within the parameters of its air permits and complies with federal and state air quality regulations, which are based on rigorous standards for protecting human health.

Our organizations are committed to working with officials at all levels to reduce emissions of heat - trapping pollution, and to work with health agencies to promote research on effective interventions and to strengthen the public health infrastructure with the aim of protecting human health from climate change.

Hynes noted that these represent huge steps forward but their effectiveness in protecting human health may be limited without an increased understanding of the global cycling of atmospheric mercury.

Mass Audubon supports a scientifically - based approach to mosquito control focused on protecting human health and minimizing environmental impacts.

Access to accurate and useful data regarding potential hazards and risks is necessary for these programs to effectively protect human health and the environment, and provide for the responsible development and use of chemicals that are vital to everyday life.

Sick and stranded marine mammals warn us of changing ocean conditions in El Niño years, and poisoned marine mammals have protected human health by demonstrating the need for the screening of shellfish and other seafood for fatal biotoxins.

Doctors must respond to protect human health against an unprecedented challenge The current federal political climate in the United States bodes ill for the future of the world's climate, and...

The process for creating and implementing the CPP is being led by the EPA, the U.S. government agency tasked with protecting human health and the environment.

As stewards of these food companies and responsible investors, we want to protect both human health and shareholder value.»

Even in this country all national or state legislation designed to protect human health, the rights of workers, family farmers, or the natural environment will be subject to being overruled as in restraint of trade.

QAI, a leader in providing organic certification services and verifying organic integrity throughout the supply chain, is a subsidiary of NSF International, a global independent organization dedicated to protecting human health and safety worldwide for more than 70 years.

Founded in 1944, NSF is committed to protecting human health and safety worldwide.

EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment.

Planet Wise Wet Bags are designed without PVC to further their desire to protect human health and the environment.

The agency in a statement said the cleanup along the river north of Albany is «working as designed» and is «expected to accomplish its long - term goal» of protecting both human health and the environment.

The review concludes that the $ 1.7 billion, six - year cleanup of the Superfund site is working, and will accomplish its long - term goal of protecting human health and the environment when complete.

Others used the event as a platform to call out the Trump administration for interfering with federally funded agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), tasked with ensuring that people are protected from risks to their health and environment and that federal laws that protect human health and the environment are enforced fairly and effectively, among other things.

An EPA review this summer found, based on data so far, the cleanup will protect human health and the environment long term and no more dredging is needed, although it could take 55 years or more before fish are clean enough to eat once a week.

The study, published by EcoHealth Alliance's Dr. Kevin Olival and Dr. David Hayman from Massey University, reviewed all of the current literature on filoviruses — the class of viruses that include both Ebola and Marburg virus — and took a critical look at the ecological and virological methods needed to understand these viruses to protect human health.

Our research underscores the importance of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the first global treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from this element's adverse effects.

«It is incredible how far we have come in environmental engineering, advancing recycling and waste management systems to protect human health and the environment, in a relatively short amount of time,» she said.

But environmental scientists, regulators, and current and former EPA officials warn the reductions would devastate the agency's efforts to carry out its mission of protecting human health and the environment.

«It's just another excuse for Pruitt's EPA to really abrogate EPA's responsibility to protect human health and the environment.»