David Lochbaum, the director of the Union of Concerned Scientists' Nuclear Safety Program, during a conference call Monday, questioned the safety of U.S. nuclear plants that rely on batteries to back up the power supplies for cooling systems.
While the recall involves hundreds of millions of eggs, they represent less than 1 percent of the 80 billion eggs produced in the United States each year, said Krista Eberle, director of the food safety program at the Egg Safety Center, a trade association entity.
In Ethiopia, for example, farmers receive cash and food in exchange for work on community projects through the government-led Productive Safety Nets Program, which both the U.S. and the UK support.
What the NTSB uncovers regarding the FAA's safety certification program could have important implications for the agency's ability to handle other technology challenges, including the transition to a new air traffic control system and the introduction of unmanned aircraft into the national airspace, said Jim Hall, a former safety board chairman.
For decades, policy wonks on the Republican fringes had talked about turning Social Security, the government safety-net program for retirees, into a system of private investment accounts.
Then there is Medifund, a safety-net program for the bottom 10 percent of income earners, and Eldershield, a private insurance program for long-term care for those with old age-related disabilities.
He said he likes the idea of money following the person and thinks that it would be a more fair and open way of funding the safety net health care program.
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Volkswagen announced last week it would recall nearly 385, 000 cars in China after the CCTV program questioned the safety of the direct shift gearbox in some Volkswagen models.
Tucson police officials declined to discuss the gun program or public safety concerns, but statistics published by the department show violent crime was at a 13-year low in 2010, with 3, 332 incidents.
Workers who choose the personal accounts are backed by a federal guarantee that they will receive at least as much as promised by Social Security under current law, maintaining the social safety net of the current program.
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In 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a statement recommending against any home or recreational use of trampolines, suggesting that trampolines only be used as part of a structured training program with strict safety measures.
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The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has set up a program to gather information about car crashes using data from sensor boxes.
Bike sharing has developed a number of critics who argue the program will reduce road safety, absorb parking spaces and mar the streetscape with ugly bike stations.
"If the goal of employing red-light camera systems is to improve driver safety, the data suggest that the program has failed, " New Jersey state Sen.
The board recommended that the National Highway Safety Administration, which makes safety grants to states, develop a program to encourage states to ensure all convicted drivers actually use the devices.
In one of the best-controlled studies, CpsC researchers in 1978 found that an expensive program that included handing out safety brochures to individual consumers had no effect on lawn mower injuries.
Since the New Deal of the 1930s, the Supreme Court had only twice found Congress exceeded its commerce authority, and never for a program designed to expand the social safety net.
But I want to emphasize and stress that we have a very robust program where we look at the safety and the security of our nuclear facilities on a minute-by-minute basis.
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service annually certifies that each state program meets these standards.
Last year, the White House requested a Shuttle safety review that reaffirmed the safe operations of the program.
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The recorded interview creates the illusion of safety, especially if you are on a controversial program like 60 Minutes.
Among other things, the program will promote safe driving and motorcycle safety.
You can reduce your chances of becoming a statistic by getting the most safety for your dollar -- and with the Clunkers program you can now do that more affordably.
Once our critter brain has equated a particular phenomenon with safety or with survival, it will continue to carry out that program.
The clubs' growing youth program, known as the "Nippers" program, focuses more on swimming, fitness and water-safety skills.
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Applicants for experimental permits will need to provide a description of their program, a flight test plan, documentation showing the operational safety of the spacecraft and a plan for response in case of a mishap.
Mr. JONES: There's a point at which any manager in the space program has to decide how much effort is enough to ensure safety vs. how much more resources will have to be expended to get an incremental improvement in safety.
After the 2008 quake, Chinese officials vowed to improve safety in school buildings and other official structures, through a three-year program.
The safety board also said it is placing under the microscope Boeing's testing program, which led to the certification of the lithium-ion batteries for the plane.
Families have slept at city shelters at an increased pace since a rent subsidy for recently homeless people ended in spring 2011, their numbers rising by 35% since the program's demise eliminated part of the city's social safety net.
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