Mahmood (1999) suggests that disclosure levels reflect the type of industry, whilst Reverte (2009, p. 355) cite "mining, oil, and chemical industries as emphasising information regarding environmental, health, and safety issues" as opposed to finance and insurance companies.
However, the researchers are quick to add that much more work is required before any generalizations can be made regarding environmental and human safety of nanomaterials.
In addition, in recent years, FAO has produced an increasing amount of high-quality written material (commissioned papers, presentations by FAO staff etc). on agricultural biotechnology, regarding environmental, ethical, food safety, legal, policy, socio-economical or technical aspects and/or implications.
The gigantic agreement contains sweeping provisions regarding environmental regulation, pharmaceutical procurement, intellectual property, labor standards, food safety, and many other things.
"there was no specific and mandatory provision requiring any warning to citizens of Vieques regarding environmental hazards, and any warning would have required balancing competing concerns of secrecy and safety, national security and public health".
-- Government and public perceptions regarding environmental issues.
There are two distinct Republican traditions regarding environmental protection.
As a very important step in producing chemicals and materials for future applications regarding environmental- and health-safety issues, the goals of Green Toxicology have to be accepted by all societal groups.
With regard to environmental safety, all strains were sensitive to chlorinated water and the RASTyV strains were less able to survive in raw sewage compared to their wild-type parents (Fig. 4).
The Keystone XL pipeline would transport oil from the tar sands in Alberta, Canada to Gulf Coast refineries in the U.S., but Obama rejected its permit in January, amid concerns regarding the project's environmental safety.
