ecological risk

Ecological risks are also of concern to the Agency.

Nonetheless, its officials say, evidence of health and ecological risks justifies moving ahead.

Trading off kids dying of encephalitis for some ecological risks?

Organic farmers say they are concerned about ecological risks.

The report also agreed with scientists who have criticized the agriculture department's handling of ecological risks.

In addition, the plant may pose broader ecological risks.

Meanwhile, several studies have been published pointing toward ecological risks from genetically modified plants.

This step should reduce the ecological risks for Saint Petersburg.

This investigation determined that the environmental and ecological risk associated with the introduction of these predators was too high to implement.

Cryptic animals tend to be overlooked in studies of biodiversity and ecological risk assessment.

Shifting ecological risk: increased vulnerability of the environment or people to destruction or crisis.

Q. You claim that people have been all too willing to trade off economic risks for ecological risks.

Since then, public concern about possible health and ecological risks of foods made with biotechnology has intensified in Europe and spread to other countries.

Besides the submarines, spent fuel from a number of nuclear-powered icebreakers also adds to the ecological risk.

To mitigate human health and ecological risks of concern for endosulfan, the following measures will be implemented:

The public therefore deserves an independent assessment of the ecological risks and an honest assessment of the energy rewards.

No ecological risks were identified.

This model is a valuable tool for ecologists, biologists, water quality modelers, and anyone involved in performing aquatic ecological risk assessments.

Includes five Watershed Ecological Risk Assessment case studies.

Toxicological synergy is of concern to the public and regulatory agencies because chemicals individually considered safe might pose unacceptable health or ecological risk in combination.

EPA continued with the evaluation of ecological risks and sediment cleanup activities such as capping under its remedial program authority.

Meanwhile, a National Academy of Sciences panel concluded that organisms developed through genetic engineering do not present any "unique" ecological risk.

Despite these findings, in the spring of 1994 the Agriculture Department again proposed approving the new squash and issued draft documents dismissing ecological risks.

Priority is given to those ecological systems at greatest risk, with emphasis on the scientific uncertainties that most seriously impede ecological risk assessment.

Despite scathing criticisms of its conclusions, in December 1994, the Agriculture Department again dismissed ecological risks and gave final approval to the squash.