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• Sugar beet
  ...r beets. The one on the left has been selectively bred to be smoother than the traditional beet, so that it traps less soil. '''Sugar beet''' (''Beta vulgaris'' L.), a member of the ''Chenopodiaceae'' family, is a plant whose root contains a high concentrat
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• Wood gas generator
  ...on by partial combustion of coke, a byproduct of coal, rather than through the town-gas process of destructive distillation (pyrolysis) of coal. ...Diplomat 3 GS mit Holzgasgenerator-hinten rechts.JPG|thumb|Adler Diplomat in WW II with wood gas generator]]
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• Nitrofurantoin
  ...R''', '''Martifur-100''' (in India) and '''Urantoin'''. It is usually used in treating [[urinary tract infection]]. Like many other drugs, it is often u ...wiley.com/resolve/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=1198-743X&date=2008&volume=14&issue=&spage=198}}</ref>
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• Mercury (element)
  ...Frostburg State University| author=Senese, F}}</ref><ref name="Norrby" /> the others being [[caesium]], [[francium]], [[gallium]], and [[rubidium]]. ...tion from cinnabar. Cinnabar is highly toxic by ingestion or inhalation of the dust. [[Mercury poisoning]] can also result from exposure to soluble forms
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• Toxicodendron
  ...|edition=4 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521866453 |year=2008 |page=382}}</ref> ....edu/docs/available/etd-04152004-101232/ | title=Molecular Systematics of the Cashew Family (Anacardiaceae) (PhD dissertation at Louisiana State Universi
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• The World Factbook
  | name = The World Factbook | image_caption = Last Government print edition of ''The World Factbook'' (2010 edition) cover.
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• Material safety data sheet
  [[Image:Material safety data sheet.JPG|thumb|250px|An example MSDS in a US format provides guidance for handling a hazardous substance and inform {{Redirect|MSDS|the video game|MapleStory DS}}
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• Biopolymer
  ...[peptide]]s, [[DNA]] and [[RNA]] are all examples of biopolymers, in which the [[monomer]]ic units, respectively, are [[sugar]]s, [[amino acid]]s, and [[n Chandra, R., and Rustgi, R., "Biodegradable Polymers", Progress in Polymer Science, Vol. 23, p. 1273 (1998)
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• Depleted uranium
  [[File:30mm DU slug.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The DU penetrator of a [[30 mm]] round<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060716 ...|accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38'''.
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• History of clothing and textiles
  ...ry original by artist [[Zhang Xuan]]), illustrates silk fabric manufacture in China.]] ...e present day, methods of textile production have continually evolved, and the choices of textiles available have influenced how people carried their poss
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• Hemp
  ...ut|industrial hemp|its psychoactive variant|Cannabis (drug)|the biology of the plant|Cannabis|other uses|Hemp (disambiguation)}} [[Image:Cannab2 new.png|thumb|right|The variety of appearances for cannabis. Only ''C. sativa'' (left) is suited fo
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• Workplace violence
  The definition of work related violence that has received pan-European acceptance is as follows: “incidents where people are abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances relating to their work, involving an explicit or implicit cha
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• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  {{Refimprove|date=December 2008}} {{Infobox European Union agency
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• Young worker safety and health
  {{Cleanup|date=June 2008}}{{Original research|date=June 2008}} ...almost any economic sector. However, at a global level, most of them work in agriculture (70%).<ref name=WHO_Childlab/>
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• Chemical accident
  ...ubstance or substances hazardous to human health and/or the environment in the short or long term. Such events include [[Conflagration|fires]], [[explosio ...er a highly toxic [[vapour]], ([[methyl isocyanate]]), was released at a [[Union Carbide]] [[pesticide]]s factory.
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• Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
  Title=The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992| ...ttp://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1992/Uksi_19923004_en_5.htm#exnote | accessdate=2008-04-19 }}</ref><br />
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• Indicative limit value
  ...Chemical substance|substances]] specified by the [[Council of the European Union]] based on expert [[research]] and advice. ...ot required to revise these upwards. In practice, most member states adopt the IOELV but there are some variances upwards and downwards.<ref>Dikshith & Di
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• Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limit Values
  ...[[occupational exposure limit]]s for [[chemical]]s in the workplace within the framework of: *[[Directive 98/24/EC]], the chemical agents directive; and
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• Health and safety crime in the United Kingdom
  In the '''[[United Kingdom]]''' there are several '''[[crime]]s''' that arise from ==Offences under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974==
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• List of S-phrases
  {{nofootnotes|date=August 2008}} ...s substances and preparations''. The list was consolidated and republished in [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32001L0059:EN:
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