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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...War.<ref name=Wright72>Wright, Robin, ''Sacred Rage'', Simon and Schuster, 2001, p.72</ref> |year=2001
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• Hydroelectric
  ...le, the [[Banqiao Dam]] failure in Southern China directly resulted in the deaths of 26,000 people, and another 145,000 from epidemics. Millions were left ho For example, the small [[Kelly Barnes Dam]] failed in 1967, causing 39 deaths with the Toccoa Flood,
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• Dapsone
  ...including [[aplastic anaemia]], are rare but the cause of the majority of deaths due to dapsone therapy.<ref>Foucauld J, et al. Dapsone and aplastic anemia. ...he incidence of dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome—an appraisal. Lepr Rev 2001; 72: 57–62.</ref>
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• Sodium thiopental
  ...nesty’] American Society of Anesthesiologists. ''NEWSLETTER.'' September 2001, Volume 65, Number 9.</ref> Three months later,<ref>[http://www.aana.com/ar ...r of anesthetic deaths in victims of the attack on [[Pearl Harbor]]. These deaths, relatively soon after the substance's discovery, were due to excessive dos
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• Ephedrine
  ...g LJ, Erickson T, editors. Clinical Toxicology. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 2001. ISBN 0-7216-5485-1 ...been associated with stimulant [[drug dependence|dependence]], as well as deaths from [[hyperthermia|heatstroke]] in athletes and circulatory problems such
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• Diazepam
  ...ese |journal=Rinsho Shinkeigaku |volume=41 |issue=12 |pages=1181–2 |year=2001 |month=December |pmid=12235832 |doi= |url=}}</ref> Tolerance often develops ...year = 2006 | month = October | title = A survey of buprenorphine related deaths in Singapore | journal = Forensic Sci Int. | volume = 162(1–3) | pages =
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• Cicuta
  ...rth America| publisher = Iowa State Press | location = Ames (IA) | year = 2001 | pages = 49–54 | isbn = 0813822661 }}</ref> The plant is spread primaril ...e=18 |pages=577–78 |year=1951 |month=September |pmid=14884156 |issn=0029-2001}}</ref><ref name="Withers">{{cite journal |author=Withers LM, Cole FR, Nels
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• Phytolacca americana
  ...ref>[[David Winston/ ''Cherokee Herbal Medicine''Medicines from the Earth 2001</ref>The berries can also be soaked in water and the water drunk for rheuma ...ages=2759–60 |year=1979 |month=December |pmid=501875 |doi= |url=}}</ref> Deaths are currently uncommon, although there are cases of [[emesis]] and [[cathar
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• Temazepam
  ...}</ref> A 1993 British study found temazepam to have the highest number of deaths per million prescriptions among medications commonly prescribed in the 1980 ...mmersley R, Cassidy MT, Oliver J |title=Drugs associated with drug-related deaths in Edinburgh and Glasgow, November 1990 to October 1992 |journal=[[Addictio
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• Joseph McCabe
  * Cooke, Bill (2001). ''A rebel to his last breath: Joseph McCabe and Rationalism.'' Prometheus [[Category:1955 deaths]]
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• Propædia
  ...aken from the 2007 version of the ''Propædia'', except recent (post-1999) deaths which were not noted.</ref> | 1902 || 2001 || All Parts || Editor || 1
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• Mortimer J. Adler
  | death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|6|28|1902|12|28}} ...ler.html Ralph McInerny, "In Memoriam Mortimer J. Adler," Crisis magazine, 2001]</ref>
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...ued to publish the ''Britannica'' until her own death in 1974. After their deaths, the [[Benton Foundation]] continued to manage the ''Britannica'' until it ...ce free of charge for a time (around 18 months, from October 1999 to March 2001) on the [[Internet]].
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• Demographics of Sierra Leone
  :20.61 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) :20.66 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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• Synthetic racetrack surfaces for horse racing
  ...r several reasons, most prominently the reduction of injuries and possible deaths to horses because of less wear and tear on their legs (although the statist *[[Lingfield Park Racecourse]] (UK) (2001/2002)
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• Creosote
  ...ive 2001/90/EC, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2001:283:0041:0043:EN:PDF</ref> and requires that the sale of creosote be limite ...in the 1940s to 1950s. The observation period of the study covered 1979- 2001. The average length of employment was 12.5 years. One third of the study su
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• Bamboo textiles
  ...portance’ Jinhe Fu, The Magazine of The American Bamboo Society, October 2001</ref> ...ases of pesticide poisoning occur every year, resulting in 20,000 reported deaths among agricultural workers and at least 1 million requiring hospitalisation
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• Indoor air quality
  ...he United States and Europe, probably responsible for tens of thousands of deaths from lung cancer each year.<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/radon/index.html U.S. E ...ls of [[particulate matter]] resulted in between 1.5 million and 2 million deaths in 2000.<ref name="Ezzati">{{cite journal |author=Ezzati M, Kammen DM |titl
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• Carbon monoxide poisoning
  ...f Toxicology. Clinical Toxicology |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=35–44 |year=2001 |pmid=11327225 |doi=10.1081/CLT-100102878}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |autho ...bon monoxide intoxication|journal=Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery|year=2001|pages=92–95|volume=103|issue=2|pmid=11516551|doi=10.1016/S0303-8467(01)00
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• Cancer
  ...thorlink =Reuters | title =Report sees 7.6&nbsp;million global 2007 cancer deaths | publisher =Reuters |month=December | year=2007 | url =http://www.reuters. ...f name=Kuper/> Tobacco is responsible for about one in three of all cancer deaths in the developed world,<ref name=Sasco/> and about one in five worldwide.<r
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• Nosocomial infection
  ...egative]] infections are estimated to account for two-thirds of the 25,000 deaths each year. Nosocomial infections can cause severe [[pneumonia]] and infecti ...(VRE) |url=http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ptsafety/ |editor=Markowitz AJ |year=2001 |publisher=Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |chapterurl= http://w
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• Asbestos
  ...sbestos.htm |title=University of Calgary |publisher=Iras.ucalgary.ca |date=2001-09-30 |accessdate=2010-01-12}}</ref><ref>[http://environmentalchemistry.com ...number died from [[asbestosis]].<ref name=hamptonroads>Burke, Bill (6 May 2001) [http://www.asbestos-attorney.com/pilot3-1.htm "Shipyards, a Crucible for
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• Bernardino Ramazzini
  | date = 1 September 2001 [[Category:1714 deaths]]
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• Air safety
  ...ich 373 (26%) were fatal, resulting in 1063 deaths (142 occupational pilot deaths). Alaska accounted for 513 (36%) of the total U.S. crashes.<ref>{{cite web| ...so, the rate that year including the attacks (estimated here to be about 4 deaths per 1,000,000,000 person-miles), is safe compared to some other forms of tr
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• Emergency management
  ...r aspect of preparedness is [[casualty prediction]], the study of how many deaths or injuries to expect for a given kind of event. This gives planners an ide ...sult of the heightened awareness following the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001, the [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|hurricanes in 2005]], and the [[Histo
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• Pesticide poisoning
  <ref name=CD_p767>[[#CITEREFEcobichon_2001|Ecobichon (2001)]] pp. 767</ref> <ref name=CD_p768>[[#CITEREFEcobichon_2001|Ecobichon (2001)]] pp. 768</ref>
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• Arsenic
  ...t=John |title=Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements |year=2001 |isbn=0-19-850341-5|pages=43,513,529 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] ...= 10.1021/om0101947|url = http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/orgnd7/2001/20/i08/abs/om0101947.html}}</ref>
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• Construction site safety
  ...there were 1,225 fatal occupational injuries in the construction sector in 2001 with an incidence rate of 13.3 per 100,000 employed workers.<ref>BLS. 2002 Once a long time a go there were more deaths than ever but these days the death rate has increased more the ever.
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• National Day of Mourning (Canadian observance)
  ...ay in 1914, the [[Workers Compensation Act]] received its third reading.In 2001 the [[International Labour Organization]] first observed World Day for Safe ...tment to improving health and safety in the workplace - to prevent further deaths, injuries and diseases from work.
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• Chlorine
  ...= 2007-05-17|title = 'Chlorine bomb' hits Iraq village}}</ref> Most of the deaths were caused by the force of the explosions rather than the effects of chlor ...cite journal|journal = Environmental Research|volume = 85|issue = 2|year = 2001 |doi = 10.1006/enrs.2000.4110 |title = The Toxicology of Chlorine|author =
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• John Finklea
  ...pages = | language = | publisher = Heldref Publications | date = July 1, 2001 | url = http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10269193_ITM | ac [[Category:2000 deaths]]
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• Mining accident
  ...ing]] and [[Underground mining (hard rock)|hard rock mining]]. Most of the deaths today occur in developing countries, especially [[China]], and rural parts ...Xueli, Xinhua News Agency, Updated: 2004-11-13 15:01</ref> Between January 2001 to October 2004, there were 188 accidents that had a death toll of more tha
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• Chelation
  ...ed). Metals in the Environment. University of Hyderabad. Dekker, New York, 2001</ref> ...fatalities due to [[hypocalcemia]].<ref>U.S. Centers for Disease Control, "Deaths Associated with Hypocalcemia from Chelation Therapy" (March 3, 2006), http:
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• Metamizole
  ...ccess to urgent medical care). In other words, one should expect 60 to 600 deaths annually due to metamizole in a country of 300 million, assuming that every ...of a multinational, randomized, modified double blind study. Clin Pediatr 2001; 40: 313-324.</ref>
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• Gabapentin
  ...28|year=2001| accessdate=2006-08-14|pmid=11251695|doi=10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.111006119.x}}</ref> [[Peripheral_neuropathy|neuropathic pain]]<ref>{{cite j ...01 | url = http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.1572-0241.2001.05357.x/abs
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• Transdermal analgesic patch
  ...ers lead sales in analgesics market |journal=Drug Topics |date=10 December 2001 |url=http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/Pain+Management/Extern Several deaths or life-threatening overdoses have been linked to misuse of fentanyl patche
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• Tetrahydrocannabinol
  |url=http://www.omma1998.org/McPartland-Russo-JCANT%201(3-4)-2001.pdf ...35 |year=2002 |month=August |pmid=12182960 |quote=...to date, there are no deaths known to have resulted from overdose of cannabis. (p. 128) |doi=10.1016/S01
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• Methadone
  ...proximately 82 percent of those deaths were listed as accidental, and most deaths involved combinations of methadone with other drugs (especially [[benzodiaz Although deaths from methadone are on the rise, methadone-associated deaths are not being caused primarily by methadone intended for methadone treatmen
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• Salvia divinorum
  ...g from Leander J. Valdés,<ref name="Valdés2001">[[#refValdes2001|Valdés 2001]].</ref> and counterpoints more supportive of Wasson's theory from [[Jonath ...the name ''Salvia divinorum''.<ref name="refGrof2001">[[#refGrof2001|Grof 2001]]</ref></blockquote>
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• Purple drank
  ...], Texas State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter, Volume XXV , Number 2, Spring 2001. The name "lean" refers to "abusers’ propensity of having difficulty in s ==Notable deaths from use==
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• Diclofenac
  | year=2001 |pmid=11496855 |doi=10.1056/NEJM200108093450607}}</ref> Perhaps related to ...to feral dogs and rats can lead to a disease pandemic causing millions of deaths in a crowded country like India.
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• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
  ...of action and clinical use in fever suppresion. AJ of Medicine [internet]. 2001 Sep [cited 2010 Jan 31]; 111(4):[about 1p]. Available from : http://www.amj ...nited States]].<ref name="pmid11464731">{{Cite journal|pmid=11464731 |year=2001 |author=Green, Ga |title=Understanding NSAIDs: from aspirin to COX-2 |volum
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• Trichloroethylene
  ...s estimated that 25,000 factory workers had been exposed to it from 1950–2001.<ref>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/pha/PHA.asp?docid=293&pg=0</ref> ...organization of former RCA employees reports 1375 cancer cases, 216 cancer deaths, and 102 cases of various tumors among its members.<ref>Poisoned RCA Worker
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• Secobarbital
  ==Famous deaths related to use== ...[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] and his wife [[Empress Farah]]. On Sunday 10 June 2001, Leila was found dead in her room in the Leonard Hotel in [[London]] just b
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• Propofol
  ...pid solubility. ''Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics''. 2001 Apr;297(1):338-51. PMID 11259561</ref><ref>Krasowski MD, Hong X, Hopfinger ...ve propofol abuse |journal= International Journal of Legal Medicine |year= 2001 |volume=114 |issue=4-5 |page=248–51 |doi=10.1007/s004149900129}}</ref><re
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• Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
  ...roxybutyrate (GHB) toxicity (2001) | doi = 10.1054/jcfm.2001.0473 | year = 2001 | journal = Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine | volume = 8 | page = 74 ...ear=1999 |pmid=10075397 |doi= |url=}}</ref> A review of the details of 194 deaths attributed to or related to GHB over a ten-year period found that most were
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• List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans
  ...ack on Pearl Harbor]] by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] results in 2402 US deaths with 1282 injured and the loss of several US warships. * 2001 - [[September 11, 2001 attacks]], 2,997 killed;
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• Beltway sniper attacks
  ...[[robbery]] in [[Louisiana]] and [[Alabama]], which had resulted in three deaths.<ref name="Malvo reportedly details 4 new shootings">[http://www.kxmb.com/g ...Fire by Michelle Malkin - Capitalism Magazine |publisher=Capmag.com |date=2001-09-11 |accessdate=2009-08-16}}</ref>
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• Rosewood massacre
  ...which a white mob destroyed Ocoee's black community, causing as many as 30 deaths, and destroying 25 homes, two churches, and a Masonic Lodge.<ref>Jones and ...illed, and assert that newspapers did not report the total number of white deaths; Minnie Lee Langley—who was in the Carrier house siege—recalls that she
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• 1993 World Trade Center bombing
  {{About|the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 1993|the 2001 attack and destruction of the World Trade Center|September 11 attacks}} ...CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 |publisher=The Penguin Press HC |year= 2004 |isbn=1594200076}}</ref> These
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