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• List of poisonous plants
  ...parts, are toxic unless processed, or are toxic at certain stages of their life. Notable examples include: ...' (''[[Lathyrus sativus]]''). A legume grown in Asia and East Africa as an insurance crop for use during famines. Contains [[Oxalyldiaminopropionic acid|oxalyl
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• National Centre for the Evaluation of Photoprotection
  The increasing use of [[plastics]] in daily life and for high tech applications points out the necessity to improve their re These materials can eventually fail during their service life and it is crucial to be able, like in medicine, to diagnose the cause of th
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• Thatching
  ...dings.<ref name="thatch.com">[http://www.thatch.com Non Standard Household Insurance Towergate Strovers<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ...orida Classics Library. P. 11.</ref><ref>Charles W. Pierce (1970). Pioneer Life in Southeast Florida. University of Miami Press. Pp. 53-4.ISBN 0-87024-163-
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• Ferrocement
  ...il 2008}} Houses pay for themselves with almost zero maintenance and lower insurance requirements. Water tanks pay for themselves by not needing periodic replac ...hods of laminating layers of cement and steel mesh in a mold may bring new life to ferrocement boat-building.
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• Concrete
  ...ire resistance, gains strength over time and has an extremely long service life. Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world with With its 100-year service life, concrete conserves resources by reducing the need for reconstruction. Its
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• Optacon
  ...ers were anxious to know how well the Optacon components held up in a real life environment, what uses were made of the Optacon, how much was it used, and ...were "walked out" of the building and lost accrued vacation time, medical insurance, and all benefits. Customers could not buy new machines or get existing mac
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• Workplace wellness
  ...ly Foundation/Health Research Education Trust. (2007). [http://www.kff.org/insurance/7672/sections/ehbs07-6-18.cfm Employer Health Benefits Survey Exhibit 6.18 * [[Work-life balance]]
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• Health and safety crime in the United Kingdom
  ==Employer's Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969== ...up to level 4 on the standard scale.<ref>Employer's Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969, s.5</ref>
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• National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System
  ...Grant Program. The program was originally funded by DHS and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company.<ref>http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/faq/#question5</ref>
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• National Fire Protection Association
  ...tion and suppression activities, training, and equipment, as well as other life-safety codes and standards. This includes everything from [[building code]] The NFPA was formed in 1896 by a group of [[insurance]] firm representatives with the stated purpose of standardizing the new and
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• Workplace stress
  ...ut: America's newest epidemic. Minneapolis, MN: Northwestern National Life Insurance Company.</ref> Three-quarters of employees believe the worker has more on- ...rs under pressure technical report. St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.</ref> Many studies suggest that psychologically demanding jobs th
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• Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency
  ...on doing that. Also, the Korean government tried to improve the quality of life in an agricultural village, but people who knew a vicious circle of farming ...were begun during July, 1964, taking the industrial accidents compensation insurance effect, over two million of workers were involved in occupational accidents
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• Asbestos
  ...be said, in conclusion, that in the practice of American and Canadian life insurance companies, asbestos workers are generally declined on account of the assume ...icle about the diseases of asbestos workers written by a Metropolitan Life Insurance Company doctor. The changes downplayed the danger of asbestos dust.<ref nam
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• Work–life balance
  ...the other. Related, though broader, terms include "lifestyle balance" and "life balance". ...te 1970s to describe the balance between an individual's work and personal life.<ref>Publication in: New Ways to Work and the Working Mother's Association
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• Examinetics
  ...ity and privacy of health data, to be fully compliant with the US [[Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act]] (HIPAA). ...or employees. OccHealth search features abstracts and papers listed under Life Sciences and medical databases such as [[PubMed]] and [[Medline]] that are
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• Emergency management
  ...esignation of nonessential land like parks to be used as flood zones), and insurance.<ref>Wilson, James Parker, "Policy Actions of Texas Gulf Coast Cities to Mi ...e hired to conduct risk identification and assessment surveys. Purchase of insurance covering the most prominent identified risks is a common measure.
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• Occupational safety and health
  ...area concerned with protecting the [[safety]], [[health]] and [[quality of life|welfare]] of people engaged in [[Employment|work or employment]]. The goal * [[Workplace Safety & Insurance Board]] (Ontario, Canada)
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• Employee assistance programs
  ...ograms offered by many employers, typically in conjunction with a [[health insurance]] plan. EAPs are intended to help employees deal with personal problems t * major life events, including births, accidents and deaths
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• Behavior-based safety
  ...rs” employees and addresses the dynamics of injury prevention.” Risk & Insurance.'''15'''(12, 01 Oct) p 66</ref> At its very core BBS is based on a larger s ...2) pp 2001-2006.</ref>. In the 1930s, Heinrich, who worked for Traveler's Insurance Company, reviewed thousands of accident reports completed by supervisors an
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• Mining
  ...e Superior]].<ref name="Lankton91">Lankton, L. (1991). ''Cradle to Grave: Life, Work, and Death at the Lake Superior Copper Mines''. New York: Oxford Uni ...s [[Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency]] offering [[political risk]] insurance.<ref>For an overview of the Bank and mining, see [http://www.pdac.ca/pdac/p
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