The Republican stance also endangers future prosperity by denying needed infrastructure upgrades and making it likely that international competitors will outstrip America in jobs and technology.
Still, Mr. Noonan, who is an author of Patent Docs, a blog on biotech patent issues, said the government's stance would endanger innovation because the same philosophy against patenting products isolated from nature might be extended to protein-based drugs and antibiotics.
Leon Livermore, the chief executive of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, warned that this stance is endangering lives and is a result of government cuts to trading standards services: "Central government itself does have back-up powers to force companies into recalls and to take action.
"While we think that the recovery is progressing nicely for the euro zone as a whole, the E.C.B., given the experience of the last four weeks, wants to buy additional insurance that a tightening in the monetary stance does not endanger the recovery or the stability of the financial system," the economists wrote in a research note.
As North Korean behaviour becomes more erratic, the US, South Korea and especially Japan have greater incentive to take aggressive stances that could endanger China's interests in Northeast Asia.
Sea Shepherd sees Prime Minister Abe's recent visit as a missed opportunity for the Australian Government, which has committed to protecting endangered whale species, to take a strong stance against Japanese whaling.
My father had previously criticized Iran's stance regarding its nuclear energy program – a stance that has brought on severe international sanctions against the country and endangered Iran's national security.
China and the US have the opportunity in the Cites meeting to build on their newfound shared stance on the environment by extending protections to other globally endangered wildlife.
Thus, in the Hobby Lobby decision Justice Alito wrote that "it seems unlikely" that "corporate giants" would make religious claims, endangering their stance in the marketplace.
