The phrase "a harmful impact on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the negative effects or consequences of something on a particular subject or area.
Example: "The pollution from the factory has a harmful impact on the local wildlife."
Alternatives: "a detrimental effect on" or "a negative influence on".
No, this technology may have a harmful impact on my behavior.
Nutt and his colleagues argued that the limitations of cannabis research had had a harmful impact on UK pharmaceutical productivity.
There has been concern for instance that Scottish government decision to reduce air passenger duty is going to have a harmful impact on airports in northern England.
We have significant concerns that reducing support will not only have a harmful impact on financial wellbeing but will also push disabled people further from the workplace".
This changing political climate could have a harmful impact on decriminalization efforts because conservative policy was rooted in ideology and was not "not really fact-oriented", Dreifuss warned.
Little by little, you can make sure that your life doesn't have a harmful impact on our planet or the animals (humans included!!) in it.
Regulators are likely to scrutinize the merger for any harmful impact on consumers, said Ankur Kapoor, a partner at the law firm Constantine Cannon who specializes in antitrust matters.
In 2010, FDA announced that the salmon is safe to eat, and a draft assessment released in 2012 found that it is unlikely to have any harmful impact on the environment.
There is increasing evidence that air pollution has a harmful impact, in particular, on lung function development during childhood.
Natalie Molnar, who founded the Mulan petition, writes that so-called whitewashing has a "direct, harmful impact on not only the movie itself but the audience".
The committee heard claims that the charity's founder, Camila Batmanghelidjh, would write to ministers warning that without more state cash the charity would fold, with a potentially harmful impact on the prime minister's "big society" agenda.
