The phrase 'about the adverse effect' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to refer to a particular effect that is negative or harmful in some way. For example, "The report discussed the risks of smoking, including information about the adverse effect it has on heart health."
Evidence about the adverse effect of smoking before and during pregnancy is strong, and effective smoking cessation interventions have been identified.
"We are also concerned about the adverse effect they would have on college coaches, administrators and university resources".
In September of 1954, Hemingway wrote to Bernard Berenson from Cuba about the adverse effect of air-conditioning on this thing he was doing: "You get the writing done but it's as false as though it were done in the reverse of a greenhouse.
An article on Aug. 16 about Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese Shiite political organization that is considered a terrorist group by the United States and Israel, quoted incorrectly from a statement by Hassan Nasrallah, the group's secretary general, about the adverse effect that a similar blacklisting by European countries would have on Hezbollah.
However, even less is known about the adverse effect profile of this procedure.
The results clearly indicate about the adverse effect of earthquake on the sliding stability of waterfront retaining wall.
The efforts to ease consumers' burden at the pump have created worries about the adverse effects of tax cuts on state budgets.
Of course, anxiety, and even hysteria, about the adverse effects of technological change on employment have a venerable history.
Perhaps Mr Cameron's new concern about families should lead him to have a word with Mr Duncan Smith and Mr Pickles about the adverse effects of their policies on families.
