"Because of the seriousness of the potential consequences, the presidents determined the league needed to take proactive steps in protecting the welfare of our student-athletes," said Robin Harris, the executive director of the Ivy League.
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Fuller Torrey, an expert on schizophrenia and toxoplasma at America's Stanley Medical Research Institute in Maryland, said that the seriousness of the potential risks posed by the parasite to the general public means that all meat should be cooked thoroughly to kill parasitic cysts lying dormant within muscle tissue.
In the US, the systems work by sounding an alert that draws the driver's attention to the night vision display, where the animal is highlighted in yellow or red depending on the seriousness of the potential for collision.
We considered this one justified because of: (1) the continuing increased prescribing of these drugs, 11 (2) the seriousness of the potential adverse effect, and (3) the current uncertainty of the precise effectiveness of these drugs in long-term fracture prevention.
However, since ALA has also been associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, 25 30 32 43–47 the seriousness of this potential association requires that any favourable effects of ALA on CHD be weighed against its possibly adverse effects on prostate cancer.
Mass populations of toxic cyanobacteria are a global phenomenon and the recent recognition that incidences of blooms may increase significantly under future climate change serves to reinforce further the seriousness of the potential risks to human health [ 7].
Actions should be chosen that are proportional to the seriousness of the potential harm, with consideration of their positive and negative consequences, and with an assessment of the moral implications of both action and inaction.
