Sentence examples for substances harm from inspiring English sources

Being aware of how substances harm one's health drives many people to change their behaviour, with such concerns being greater for alcohol and tobacco than illegal drugs.

"If fifty to a hundred thousand sub-stances migrate [from packaging into foods] at levels sometimes exceeding the threshold of toxicological concern, and if one out of a hundred substances harms our health, this is likely to cause serious damage".

But the new studies, which include a rough sketch of the toxin, have failed to convince skeptics that this substance harms wild fish or people.

"People have always consumed psychoactive substances, risking harm".

All these substances can harm human health when present above certain concentrations in drinking water.

Wandle's story is emblematic of the success of the FDAC in central London, which was launched in 2008 as a way of dealing with civil care proceedings involving parents who misuse substances, causing harm to their children.

It is this move Mr Paterson is seeking to head off by persuading other member states that the evidence is not there – although 30 scientific papers have linked the substances with harm to bees in the last three years.

Radioactive substances can harm human health via (i) local skin contamination, (ii) internal exposure due to ingestion of radioactive isotopes, and (iii) external overexposure by β-activity and γ-radiation.

If Uruguay can show the world that there is another way to regulate substances that harm the public health, we would be taking a big step forward," Romani said.

On the positive side, USDA has stepped up enforcement of the Horse Protection Act that bans the practice of "soring" of Tennessee Walking Horses, hiring 15 new inspectors to address the criminal use of caustic chemicals and other substances to harm horses' hooves and make it painful for the horses to step down in order to cause an artificially high-stepping gait in show competitions.

These substances can harm conception by affecting fertility or by having teratogenic effects on reproductive cells.