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• Air safety
  ...o be examined and licensed, for accidents to be properly investigated, and for the establishment of safety rules and navigation aids, under the Aeronautic ...le), which remains the worst year on record at an accident rate of about 1 for every {{convert|1000000|mi|km}} flown. Based on the current numbers flying,
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• Needlestick injury
  {{Infobox Disease ...These events are of concern because of the risk to transmit [[blood-borne disease]]s through the passage of the [[hepatitis B]] virus (HBV), the [[hepatitis
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• Implications of nanotechnology
  ...rication.{{Vague|date=June 2010}} Nanotechnology's reduced size may allow for automation of tasks which were previously inaccessible due to physical rest ...minant; military applications such as [[biological warfare]] and implants for soldiers; and surveillance through nano-sensors, which are of concern to pr
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• SENSOR-Pesticides
  ...me states, in conjunction with the [[US Environmental Protection Agency]] (US EPA). ...rack pesticide poisonings. Because workers in many industries are at risk for pesticide exposure, and public concern exists regarding the use of and expo
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• Avian influenza
  :''For the H5N1 subtype of Avian influenza see [[Influenza A virus subtype H5N1]]. ...rds%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3 EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL].</ref><ref name=influenzareport>[http://www.influenzareport.com/ir/ai.htm
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• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  ...ork-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) within the U.S. [[Department of Health and Human Ser ...ocs/strategic/ NIOSH Strategic Plan Outline 2004-2009]. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.</ref>
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• Formaldehyde
  ...tion of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans 88 | publisher = International Agency for Research on Cancer | location = Lyon, France | year = 2006 | isbn = 92-832- ...| pages = 832–46 | doi = 10.1086/524354}}.</ref> A proposed mechanism for the formation is the hydrogenation of CO ice, shown below.<ref name="Woon">
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• Lead poisoning
  ...ense lines in the bones of children seen on X-ray. However, the main tool for diagnosis is measurement of the [[blood lead level]]; different treatments ...e about until the latter half of the 20th&nbsp;century. No safe threshold for lead exposure has been discovered—that is, there is no known amount of le
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• Electric shock
  {{Infobox Disease ...electrodes introduced in the body, bypassing the skin, then the potential for lethality is much higher if a circuit though the heart is established. This
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• Lead
  ...resistant to corrosion it is extensively used in building construction – for example in the external coverings of roofing joints. ...mber of other metals such as [[calcium]]. All [[isotope]]s of lead, except for lead-204, can be found in the end products of the [[radioactive decay]] of
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• Electronic health record
  ...d created in hospitals and ambulatory environments that is the data source for the EHR.<ref>Habib JL. [http://dbt.consultantlive.com/display/article/11456 ...1997. Of Forms, Containers, and the Electronic Medical Record: Some Tools for a Sociology of the Formal. Science, Technology, & Human Values 22(4):403–
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• J. Donald Millar
  ...ion = J. Donald Millar, M.D., M.P.H., receiving the Gorgas Medal for his achievements in preventive medicine. ...afety and Health]], Public Health Policy Advisory Board, [[National Center for Environmental Health]], [[National Toxicology Program]]
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• Tetrahydrocannabinol
  ...s = [[Controlled Substances Act|Schedule I and III]] ([[United States|US]]) Dronabinol is the [[International Nonproprietary Name]] (INN) for a pure [[isomer]] of THC, (-)-trans-Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol, th
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• Methadone
  {{Redirect|Phy|the abbreviation for the physical layer of the OSI Model|PHY}} ...] and a maintenance [[drug addiction#Anti-addictive drugs|anti-addictive]] for use in patients on opioids. It was developed in [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] in
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• Chloroform
  ...ucheuma denticulatum'', which is cultivated and harvested on a large scale for [[carrageenan]] production, produces CHCl₃<ref>{{cite journal|do
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• 2003 ricin letters
  ...bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/facts.asp Facts About Ricin], ''Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March 5, 2008, accessed May 5, 2009.</ref> Ricin is easily ...k-in-their-ranks-for-fallen-angel-writer.html Truckers Look in Their Ranks for 'Fallen Angel' Writer]", ''The New York Times'', '''entire paragraph refere
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• 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
  | coordinates = {{coord|45|36|4|N|121|10|58|W|type:event_region:US-OR|display=inline,title}} {{GR|1}} ...n to two of the three seats on the Wasco County Circuit Court that were up for election in November 1984. Fearing they would not gain enough votes, Rajnee
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• History of terrorism
  ...action, employed by (semi-) clandestine individual, group or state actors, for idiosyncratic, criminal or political reasons, whereby - in contrast to assa ...ette, a German military officer serving at the [[George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies]], proposed the following definition: “politica
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• Gregory J. Martin
  ...at the [[Naval Medical Center San Diego]]. And he completed an Infectious Disease Fellowship at the [[National Naval Medical Center]] between 1991 and 1993. ...tor for the anthrax vaccination protocol set up by the Centers for Disease Control following the attacks, he is also the lead author of a study of the clinica
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• Jean Malecki
  ...cted by county and state labs, and ultimately by the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] in Atlanta; meanwhile, Mr. Stevens's condition worsene {{US-med-bio-stub}}
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