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• Stainless steel
  ...teel by the amount of chromium present. Carbon steel rusts when exposed to air and moisture. This iron oxide film (the rust) is active and accelerates cor Similar developments were taking place contemporaneously in the United States, where Christian Dantsizen and Frederick Becket were industrializing [[Ferr
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• Thuja plicata
  Western Redcedar is native to the northwestern [[United States]] and southwestern [[Canada]], from southeastern [[Alaska]] and [[British C ...ture/Compendium/WesternRedcedar.htm Western redcedar]</ref> and the United States<ref name="Silvics"/><ref>USDA Plants Profile: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/
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• Shingle weaver
  ...Asked Questions."]</ref> In the [[Pacific Northwest]] region of the United States, historically the leading producer of this product, such shingles are gener ...ver a little too far, the whirling blade tosses drops of deep red into the air, and a finger, a hand, or part of an arm comes sliding down the slick chute
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• Hemp
  ...p is exported to the United States than to any other country, the [[United States Government]] does not consistently distinguish between [[marijuana]] and th ...only, though inaccurately, called "drying") to become solid on exposure to air, similar to [[linseed]] oil, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of oi
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• Concrete
  ...title = Minerals commodity summary - cement - 2007 | publisher=US [[United States Geographic Service]]|date=2007-06-01|url=http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/ ...ust 2008}} More than {{convert|55000|mi|km}} of [[highway]]s in the United States are paved with this material. [[Reinforced concrete]], [[prestressed concre
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• Dry cleaning
  ...Commission (a classification later withdrawn). In 1993, the [[California]] Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted an airborne toxic control measure (ATCM) to ...er weight of absorbed solvent may cause the textile to fail under [[normal force]] during the extraction cycle unless the mesh bag provides mechanical suppo
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• Wet Bulb Globe Temperature
  * T_d = [[Dry-bulb temperature]] (normal air temperature) The WBGT index was developed by the [[United States Marine Corps]] (Drs. David Minard and Constantine Yaglou) at [[Marine Corps
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• Cancer
  ...enforcement of order. In fact, once cancer has begun to develop, this same force continues to drive the progression of cancer towards more invasive stages, ...x |pmid=12028500}}</ref> Indeed, [[lung cancer]] death rates in the United States have mirrored [[tobacco smoking|smoking]] patterns, with increases in smoki
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• Asbestos
  ...is more likely to cause health problems, as asbestos exists in the ambient air at low levels, which itself does not cause health problems.<ref>http://www. Six minerals are defined by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] as "asbestos" including that belonging to
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• Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
  ...tration|United States]] standards. The European Union has implemented the United Nations' GHS into EU law as the [[CLP Regulation]]. ...ries to implement a hazard classification and communication system. The [[United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development]] (UNCED) recognized
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• Air safety
  [[Image:Controlled impact demonstration dummies.jpg|thumb|right|NASA air safety experiment ([[Controlled Impact Demonstration|CID project]])]] ...d in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of [[air travel]].
  53 KB (7,764 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Implications of nanotechnology
  ...cial government [[regulation]], and regulatory bodies such as the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] and the Health & Consumer Protection Dire ...An Information Exchange with NIOSH |accessdate=2008-04-13|publisher=United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health}}</ref>
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• Emergency management
  ...obability and the level of impact of a specific hazard. The equation below states that the hazard multiplied by the populations’ vulnerability to that haza ...njuries sustained by the victim, outside temperature, and victim access to air and water, the vast majority of those affected by a disaster will die withi
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• Occupational safety and health
  ...mon, Nadia. 2008. ‘Reducing The Risks’, Training and Coaching Today, United Kingdom, pg.14) Different states take different approaches to legislation, regulation, and enforcement.
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• Right to know
  ...[[United States]] as well as in [[Local government|local]] laws in several states. "'''Right to Know'''" laws take two forms: Community Right to Know and Wo ...hemicals. They demanded information about what was being released into the air they breathed and the water they drank. This movement helped create several
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• Construction site safety
  ...ruction/ |title=NIOSH Construction |accessdate=2007-10-15|publisher=United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health}}</ref> | [[United Kingdom]] || 3.4 || 2007/08 || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/st
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• Chlorine
  ...manganese dioxide, or [[hydrogen chloride]] gas oxidized catalytically by air to form elemental chlorine gas. ...cessdate=2008-09-12}}</ref> He called it "''dephlogisticated muriatic acid air''" since it is a gas (then called "airs") and it came from [[hydrochloric a
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• Wildfire
  ...most common cause of wildfires varies throughout the world. In the United States, Canada, and Northwest China, for example, lightning is the major source o ...d to sufficient heat and has an adequate supply of oxygen from the ambient air. A high moisture content usually prevents ignition and slows propagation, b
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• Mining
  ...ell as the growing use of metal as a building material, was also a driving force in the tremendous growth of the iron industry during this period. Inventio Mining in the [[United States]] became prevalent in the 19th century, and the [[General Mining Act of 187
  50 KB (7,414 words) - 21:36, 20 September 2010
• Burn pit
  ...ste contains significant amounts of plastic and other material which may [[air pollution|emit toxic compounds]] and [[Particulate#Health_effects|particula ...pied text is in the public domain as the work of an employee of the United States government while in the performance of their duties, accessed August 7, 201
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