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  • Sugar cane is grown in over 110 countries with an estimated total production of 1,591 million [[metric tons]]<ref name=FAO | publisher = [[FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS]]
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  • ...ostable' symbol, under European Standard EN 13432 (2000). Packaging marked with this symbol can be put into industrial composting processes and will break ...break down by 90% within 6 months. Biopolymers that do this can be marked with a 'compostable' symbol, under European Standard EN 13432 (2000).
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  • ...iased = May 2010|copyedit=May 2010|reason=see [[Talk:Rammed earth#Multiple issues]]}} ...that has suitable proportions of [[sand]], gravel and [[clay]] (sometimes with an added stabilizer) into an externally supported frame, creating a solid w
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  • ...rnment agencies, and worker organizations. Together these parties identify issues in the field of [[Occupational safety and health|workplace safety and healt ...Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is a U.S. federal government agency with a mandate to study workplace safety and health. NIOSH and its partners deve
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  • ...:SENSOR logo.jpg|right|alt=Green and white logo of a person spraying crops with pesticides.|thumb|SENSOR-Pesticides Logo]] ...es. It also provides funding to some states, in conjunction with the [[US Environmental Protection Agency]] (US EPA).
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  • ...in a technical sense. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, mainly associated with sulfur and metals. Arsenic and its compounds are mainly used as an alloyin ...Yellow arsenic is produced by rapid cooling of arsenic vapour, for example with liquid nitrogen. It is rapidly transformed into the grey arsenic by light.
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  • ...de|rock salt]] and [[potash]]. Any material that cannot be grown through [[agriculture|agricultural]] processes, or created [[Chemical synthesis|artificially]] in ...hen attacked by [[fire-setting]] to heat the rock, which would be quenched with a stream of water. The [[thermal shock]] cracked the rock, enabling it to b
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  • ...sed to short periods in excess of 120 dB without permanent harm — albeit with discomfort and possibly pain; but long term exposure to sound levels over 8 ...equally in both ears (Gelfand). Not all audiological results from patients with NIHL match the above description. Often a decline in hearing sensitivity wi
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  • ...H (1928–2000) was a pioneer in [[Occupational Medicine]] in New Zealand, with influence in the Asia/Pacific region<ref>Agricultural Medicine & Rural Heal ...raid warnings and trips to the air raid shelters at the school. He passed with distinction in history, Latin, and maths. <br />
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  • ...nnabinol), a [[psychoactive]] molecule that produces the "high" associated with [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]]. The psychoactive product consists of dried f ...]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[Leaf shape|palmately compound]] or digitate, with [[serrate]] [[leaflet]]s.<ref>http://waynesword.palomar.edu/termlf1.htm</re
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