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• Petroleum
  [[File:Oil Reserves.png|thumb|400px|right|Proven world [[oil reserves]], 2009.]] [[File:Total World Oil Reserves.PNG|thumb|250px|Most of the world's oils are non-conventional.<ref>{{cite paper|author = Alboudwarej et al.|t
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• Asphalt
  ...e text at refs 169 & 170)|year=1994 | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46514&amp;strquery=Claridge|accessdate=2009-11-08}}</ref><ref n ...e text at refs 507 & 510)|year=1994 | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46529&amp;strquery=claridge |accessdate=2009-11-08}}</ref> havi
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• Depleted uranium
  ...presence of [[uranium-236|U-236]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/unep81.doc.htm |title= UN Press Release UNEP/81: Uranium 23 ...defects in offspring of persons exposed to DU."<ref name="Hindin" /> The [[World Health Organization]] states that no consistent risk of reproductive, deve
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• Refractory metals
  ...s.google.com/?id=1T8rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1| title = Trends in Usage of Tungsten: Report|publisher = National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences-Nationa ...y to metal and forms a very hard, friction resistant coating. Most of the world's molybdenum [[ore]] can be found in China, the [[United States|USA]], Chil
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• Polystyrene
  ...bstance in our environment and to date, no regulatory body anywhere in the world has classified styrene as a known human [[carcinogen]], although several re ...ns/other/ipcc_tar/?src=/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/248.htm IPCC Third Assessment Report, Climate Change 2001]:
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• Cement
  ...pe=d&id=ODY3MA The Cement Sustainability Initiative: Progress report], ''[[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]]'', published 2002-06-01</ref ...an absorb [[carbon dioxide]] from ambient air during hardening.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/31/cement-carbon-emissi
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• Wood
  ...m The Wood Handbook: Wood as an engineering material]''. General Technical Report 113. Madison, WI.</ref> ...right|275px|The churches of [[Kizhi]], [[Russia]] are among a handful of [[World Heritage Site]]s built entirely of wood, without metal joints. See [[Kizhi
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• Ethylene oxide
  ...ist [[Lloyd Hall]]. Ethylene oxide achieved industrial importance during [[World War I]] as a precursor to both the coolant [[ethylene glycol]] and the [[ch |title = Process Economics Program Report 2D
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• Cancer
  ...>{{cite web | last =American Cancer Society | authorlink =Reuters | title =Report sees 7.6&nbsp;million global 2007 cancer deaths | publisher =Reuters |month ...author=Proctor RN |title=The global smoking epidemic: a history and status report |journal=Clinical lung cancer |volume=5 |issue=6 |pages=371–6 |year=2004
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• Global road safety for workers
  ...ic crashes]] are a leading cause of occupational fatalities throughout the world, especially in [[developing countries]].<ref>Aeron-Thomas, A., Downing, A., ...on. ISBN 92 4 156260 9, World Health Organisation, Geneva</ref> Around the world, it is estimated that work-related incidents make up 25% the road toll (50%
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• Asbestos
  ...5, is obtained from [[serpentinite]] rocks which are common throughout the world. Its idealized [[chemical formula]] is [[Magnesium|Mg]]{{sub|3}}([[Silicon| ...e, in 11 or 12 countries. Russia was the largest producer with about 40.2% world share followed by China (19.9%), Kazakhstan (13.0%), Canada (10.3%), and Br
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• Work–life balance
  ...d are twice as likely to quit. The study states that women, in particular, report stress related to the conflict between work and family. Brett Graff, ''[[Nightly Business Report]]'' correspondent states that (because a woman may have trouble [[On-Rampin
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• SENSOR-Pesticides
  ...culture]].<ref name=bookch/><ref name=clusterimpact/> When they receive a report, health department officials review the information to determine whether it ...for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [[Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report]] (MMWR) that described these case reports and recommended alternative meth
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• Avian influenza
  ...Influenza A (H5N1) Infection in Humans] by The Writing Committee of the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) Consultation on Human Influenza A/H5 in the Sep ...ist]]''. He called for adequate resources to fight what he sees as a major world threat to possibly billions of lives.<ref>
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• Emergency management
  ...population at a resolution 1&nbsp;km² for all countries in the world. Used by USAID's [[Famine Early Warning System Network|FEWS NET]] Project t It currently has seven Councils around the World: [http://www.iaem.com/about/membership/Regions/IAEMAsia/IAEMAsia.htm Asia],
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• Cadmium
  ...://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/cadmium/|title=USGS Commodity Report cadmium|accessdate = 2009-08-08|publisher = United States Geological Survey ...roduction in the United States began in 1907, but it was not until after [[World War I]] that cadmium came into wide use.<ref name="price">{{cite web | url
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• Formaldehyde
  ...to many other chemical compounds, especially for polymers. In 2005, annual world production of formaldehyde was estimated to be 23 million tons (46 billion ...date = 2008-04-11 | accessdate = 2008-09-04 | url = http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/04/11/fema_limits_formaldehyde_in_trailers/
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• Chlorine
  ...tiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/weller/|title = The earliest salt production in the world: an early Neolithic exploitation in Poiana Slatinei-Lunca, Romania |accessd ...d carbon dioxide).<ref name="krogt"/> They did not succeed and published a report in which they considered the possibility that ''dephlogisticated muriatic a
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• Michael H. Belzer
  ...coauthored ''Truck Driver Occupational Safety and Health: 2003 Conference Report and Selective Literature Review'', National Institute for Occupational Safe ...e of the new economy."<ref>"Sweatshops on Wheels," ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]''.</ref> "Conditions are so poor and the pay system so unfair that long-
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• Wildfire
  ...accessdate=2009-07-13|date=June 2002|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fire/world.html}}</ref> Wildfires can cause extensive damage, both to property and hum ...tml|accessdate=2009-07-09|date=2009-06-24|publisher=Voice of America (VOA) News}}</ref> One of the more controversial techniques is ''[[controlled burn]]in
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