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...nstead of mercury. Mercury thermometers are still occasionally used in the medical field because they are more accurate than alcohol thermometers, though both ...t of the other applications are slowly phased out due to health and safety regulations and is in some applications replaced with less toxic but considerably more

.... Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and contain The actual acute and chronic toxicity of DU is also a point of medical controversy. Multiple studies using cultured cells and laboratory rodents

...ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1868414.stm College breaches radioactive regulations], [[BBC News]], 12 March 2002</ref> An overview of the gamma sources used f ...ly handled the source when looking for tools to repair his bicycle. When a medical doctor saw these burns it was understood that an ionising radiation acciden

...romulgated by the [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]]. These regulations include developing a written program, issuing entry permits, assigning atte ...ilian settings can be performed by an Entry Supervisor who, under O.S.H.A. regulations is designated by the employer and ensures that the space is safe to enter a

...aerosolized water that may enter nearby ventilation intakes. Outbreaks in medical facilities and nursing homes, where patients are immuno-suppressed and immu ...nding, drilling or building remodelling. There are particularly stringent regulations applicable to schools.

...injuries, the sale and usage of lasers is typically subject to government regulations. ..., define "classes" of laser depending on their power and wavelength. These regulations also prescribe required safety measures, such as labeling lasers with speci

...Branch, Dr Michael Jacobsen, Head of Statistics and Dr David Muir, Head of Medical Branch. [[File:CoalMiner.jpg|thumb|Underground coal miner]] ...ure by counting the number of particles collected from the air by sampling devices. A substantial advance was achieved with the measurement of exposure by wei

...ft to regain adequate flying airspeed, while the plane is losing altitude. Devices have been developed to warn the pilot when the plane's speed is coming clos Safety regulations control aircraft materials and the requirements for automated fire safety s

...n the medical setting, such injuries are an [[occupational hazard]] in the medical community. These events are of concern because of the risk to transmit [[bl ...gnized as occupational hazards, their prevention has become the subject of regulations in an effort to reduce and eliminate this preventable event.<ref name=prues

...cupational Health and Workplace Safety Acts and Electrical Safety Acts and Regulations within [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], may list or encourage the use of ...cupational Health and Workplace Safety Acts and Electrical Safety Acts and Regulations around the Country<ref name="Testing 2003"/> that require “an employer to

...mplications of [[nanotechnology]]''' run the gamut from the [[Nanomedicine|medical]], [[ethical]], [[mental]], legal and environmental applications, to fields ...ocietal issues''' - the effects that the availability of nanotechnological devices will have on politics and human interaction

...ssues have required the coordination over a number of years of a number of medical and para professionals in detecting and then characterizing the nature of t ...te. Often such devices are subject to multiple interferences. Electronic devices need to be calibrated before and after use to ensure the accuracy of the me

...tions regarding evacuation, sanctions against those who refuse to obey the regulations (such as mandatory evacuations), and communication of potential risks to th ...many forms including the construction of shelters, installation of warning devices, creation of back-up life-line services (e.g., power, water, sewage), and r

...cadmium’s [[toxicity]] in certain forms and concentration and resulting regulations <ref name="ReferenceA">Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Art ....com/?id=PmohO5jV2YsC|pages = 159|title = Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science|first = Robley|last = Dunglison|publisher = Henry C. Lea|year = 186

...iclerender.fcgi?artid=1567791 The cultural parameters of lead poisoning: a medical anthropologist's view of intervention in environmental lead exposure. ...easurement|location = Bethesda, MD|title = Structural shielding design for medical X-ray imaging facilities.}}</ref> Molten lead is used as a [[coolant]] (e.g

...Press Release 09/09/09">[http://astmnewsroom.org/default.aspx?pageid=1881 Medical Device Standards Database Press Release 09/09/09]</ref> # Medical Devices and Services

...e “methadone” by the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association (COUNCIL...1947). Since the patent rights of the I.G. Farbenkon ...require the oral form in addiction treatment programs.<ref>Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42, Sec 8.</ref>

...religious police forced all women off the streets of Kabul and issued new regulations ordering people to blacken their windows, so that women would not be visibl ...wide range of high-altitude warfare equipment, [[helicopter]] technicians, medical services and tactical advice.<ref>[http://www.janes.com/security/internatio