It suggests that the impact on human health, the availability of food and water, the loss of coastlines becomes progressively worse as the average temperature of the planet rises.

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As with Zytiga, the questions were far-ranging and complex: Does GAIA consider only the environmental impact of product ingredients, or does the assessment also look at their impact on human health?

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Dr John Hoskins, a consultant toxicologist, says that while the initial spill was quite dangerous, there should not be any long-term impact on human health as long as the waste is cleaned up.

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"This does not deal with the problem at source, " says Prof Kelly, an expert on the impact of atmospheric pollution on human health.

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Research will include looking at developing vaccines and treatments to improve the health and welfare of about one billion chickens raised in the UK every year, as well as ways to address the impact of poultry infections on human health.

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The bill, written in convincingly impenetrable Russian legalese, says its aim is "the impact ambient garlic aroma has on human health".

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If one is looking at this from a purely science and health perspective, the minute quantities of BPA found in can liners has no negative impact on human health.

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One IGCP project in 2000 was even at the origin of a new field: medical geology, the science dealing with the impact of our natural environment on human and animal health.

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He said there were "real environmental benefits" to the technology and dismissed concerns about its impact on human health as "complete nonsense".

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