Sentences with phrase «water and food supply»

Follow careful preventative techniques like washing hands and verifying the water and food supply

Important additional questions need to be asked about meals served, water and food supply, as well as about visits, social and personal activities.

Fortunately, this is possible, whereas the mercury spewing from coal smokestacks blankets the countryside, ending up in the water and food supply.

Our water and food supply is threatened.

The most recent report concluded both, that global temperatures are rising, that this is caused largely by human activities and, in addition, that for increases in global average temperature, there are projected to be major changes in ecosystem structure and function with predominantly negative consequences for biodiversity and ecosystems, e.g. water and food supply.

We are constantly bombarded with poisons in our air, water and food supply.

In an age where we are bombarded by toxins in our air, water and food supply, removing grains (even traditionally prepared ones) is an easy step we can take to improve our health and to make room for other, more nutritious foods in our diets.

With our water and food supply running low, I just breastfed and breastfed my son... If our child had been dependent on milk formula, I would have taken part in looting, too....

Organic agriculture protects the health of people and the planet by reducing overall exposure to toxic chemicals from synthetic pesticides that can end up in the ground, air, water and food supply, and that are associated with health consequences, from asthma to cancer.

New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio warns that fracking could threaten drinking water and food supplies that might be contaminated by the gas drilling.

Puerto Rican scientists are still taking stock of the magnitude of the wreckage nearly two weeks after the hurricane made landfall on Sept. 20 as Category 4 winds propelled trees into buildings, knocked out power systems, left residents without fuel for generators and transportation and diminished access to drinking water and food supplies.

The existential threats could include species extinctions and major threats to human water and food supplies in addition to the health risks posed by exposing over 7 billion people worldwide to deadly heat.

Rising heat is blamed for stoking wildfires, heat waves, droughts, floods and more powerful downpours that disrupt water and food supplies.

The resilience of people also varies, while many richer nations may be able to weather climate change, many poorer nations are already seeing distress in their water and food supplies.

These initiatives will further protect the coastline as well as strengthen the city's buildings, and all the vital systems that support the life of the city (energy grid, transportation systems, parks, telecommunications networks, healthcare system, and water and food supplies).

Climate change is already disrupting our agriculture and ecosystems, our water and food supplies, our energy, our infrastructure, human health, human safety — now.

They tend to have more limited adaptive capacities, and are more dependent on climate - sensitive resources such as local water and food supplies.»

It could endanger global water and food supplies and flood coasts with rising seas; these impacts, in turn, could trigger mass migrations and violent conflicts.

If climate change alters the earth's ecosystems and rainfall levels to the point that we can't rely on usual methods or locations for water and food supplies, then that means food and water production will need to be the focus of clean tech.

Temporary shortages of water and food supplies may occur in affected areas of Japan due to power and transportation disruptions.

Not exact matches

Through her charity, B Strong, she brought with her four chartered planes (and over 10 planes as of Wednesday) packed with tens of thousands of pounds of medical supplies, water, food, baby diapers and wipes, as well as $ 25,000 in cash gift cards, cash, and $ 30,000 in Costco gift cards.

All food equipment as well as sinks and water supplies are checked.

A recent Geophysical Research Letters study found that the Arctic permafrost contains 32 million gallons of mercury, which is projected to adversely affect our global air, food, water and soil supplies as the Earth warms and the permafrost unthaws, releasing the neurotoxin.

Staff members programmed the drone's flight path using GPS and then loaded a parcel of emergency supplies — including food, water, and a first - aid kit — into a box tethered to one of the company's drones.

Meanwhile, she tests her water for coliform and E. coli bacteria, meeting USDA and FDA standards for a dairy operation, and she ships the milk off to America's food supply.

«The dilemma,» Holmes says, «is how do you improve the sustainability of water supply to increase food security and food production as we go out into the future?»

Once in place, vehicles tethered to the massive cable could haul payloads into space — resupplying orbital and long distance missions with fuel, water, food, oxygen and other critical supplies.

Construction material is in just as short supply as food, clean water and medical supplies — so when a building becomes damaged or destroyed, it remains that way.

Just entomb yourself with an 80 - year supply of canned food and water,» said Techmeme boss Gabe Rivera.

The platform is hoping to raise $ 2 million for Maria victims through a relief fund, which will go toward emergency supplies like food, water, and medicine, in addition to longer - term support for recovery and rebuilding efforts.

Global warming is affecting oceans, food and water supply, coastal areas and biodiversity, and creating what Gore calls «the largest business opportunity in world history, as the global economy decarbonizes and becomes hyper - efficient.»

Through relief flights, the transportation of emergency supplies, airline employee volunteer efforts and fundraising programs facilitated through airline mileage programs, U.S. cargo and passenger carriers transported more than 4.5 million pounds of life - saving food, water and supplies, accommodated more than 6,500 evacuees, relocated hundreds of stranded pets and relaxed travel policies to more than 80 airports in the path of the hurricanes.

The contribution will be given to the International Committee of the Red Cross and will go to providing basic necessities — clean water, plastic sheeting, blankets and emergency food supplies.

The proceeds from this mining will be converted into fiat currency and donated to UNICEF Australia to supply vulnerable children worldwide with supplies like vaccines, food, and safe drinking water.

Resolutions address investor concerns around human rights and supply chain accountability, financial practices and risk, health care, food and water sustainability, environmental health, and corporate governance.

In the face of blistering criticism from both Florida senators that the federal government was cutting off food and water supplies to Puerto Rico, federal management officials said Wednesday that they will continue...

A week ago, there were still towns in the interior of the island that hadn't received food and water supplies from the federal government.

In - kind donations of pet supplies included items such as food and water bowls, kitty litter, pet beds, collars and leashes, all trucked into neighborhoods hit particularly hard by Harvey and Irma, with help from animal welfare agency Rescue Bank.

It should include things like flashlights, first aid supplies, water, and food.

We're exposed to constant toxins in our environment, our food and water supply, alcohol and smoking.

This fund will provide relief to survivors in the form of emergency supplies like food, water, and medicine in addition to longer - term recovery assistance to help residents recover and rebuild.

The cryptocurrency is automatically donated to UNICEF Australia and is turned into real funds that reach children through life - saving supplies like safe water, therapeutic food and vaccines.

As of September 28, just over a week after Maria struck Puerto Rico, clean water, food, and fuel for generators were still hard to come by, most cell phone sites were out of service, and emergency officials struggled to distribute supplies throughout the island of 3.4 million people.

Federal workers there are still in emergency mode: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is still distributing food and water supplies; the Army Corps of Engineers is still picking up hurricane debris and installing blue roofs on damaged homes.

More than half the island is still without electricity or potable water, and aid workers are struggling to deliver food and medical supplies to people living outside major population centers.

The company is continuing to collect essential items, including medical supplies, diapers, baby formula, water, food, construction materials, blankets, sleeping pods and more, and is working with partners on the ground to support disaster relief efforts.

On Puerto Rico, nearly 400 Red Cross workers are helping to reconnect families and distribute critical relief supplies, including food and water.

Something about the chemicals in the pill passing into the water stream and food supply and now maybe causing the up - tick in prostate cancers» So where can one read the Church's oncology study of this?

In response, FEMA says that Tribute Contracting's failure to delivery didn't negatively affect any Puerto Ricans and that they had other suppliers that gave them «ample» food and water.

We now know that nature can not take care of itself, that human beings can degrade it not only locally but globally, that the species God created and saved from the flood are threatened by human expansion into their habitats, destruction of their food supplies, pollution of their air and water, and excessive hunting and fishing.