Sentence examples for human overuse from inspiring English sources

However, a growing number of scientists have argued that growth-based technology solutions alone will not be able to stop the dramatic human overuse of nature, or eradicate poverty.

Ellis combines his narrative skills and his illustrator's hand to present an eloquent accounting of maritime tragedies wrought by human overuse and abuse, most of it offshore and out of sight.

And such natural disasters can in turn be caused by human overuse of natural resources and destruction of the environment.

Says Colin Foord, one-half of Coral Morphologic, "Worldwide coral reefs are under threat from global warming, polluted runoff, and human overuse.

Drug use in humans, including overuse and misapplication, clearly accounts for a large share of the surge in antibiotic resistant infections, a huge problem in hospitals in particular.

The trouble is, triclosan has been linked to health problems in humans, and overuse of this antibacterial is breeding resistant bacteria, which is a huge public health concern.

He said the practice of placing inmates in tiny cells with virtually no human contact was overused and an "affront to our common humanity".

"The problem is — and this has been shown by research groups recently in humans — when people overuse marijuana, THC binds very strongly to brain, and you can't get it to turn itself back down, so desensitization occurs," Patel said.

Livestock production is posing a rather big risk to human health through the overuse of antibiotics.

The resurgence of malaria, for instance, is driven in part by climate change, human development and the overuse of pesticides.

We can look to countries such as India, where these drugs are widely available without a prescription, to see how antibiotic overuse threatens human health.