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• Sugar beet
  ...r beets. The one on the left has been selectively bred to be smoother than the traditional beet, so that it traps less soil. '''Sugar beet''' (''Beta vulgaris'' L.), a member of the ''Chenopodiaceae'' family, is a plant whose root contains a high concentrat
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• Wood gas generator
  ...on by partial combustion of coke, a byproduct of coal, rather than through the town-gas process of destructive distillation (pyrolysis) of coal. ...Diplomat 3 GS mit Holzgasgenerator-hinten rechts.JPG|thumb|Adler Diplomat in WW II with wood gas generator]]
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• Nitrofurantoin
  ...R''', '''Martifur-100''' (in India) and '''Urantoin'''. It is usually used in treating [[urinary tract infection]]. Like many other drugs, it is often u ...wiley.com/resolve/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=1198-743X&date=2008&volume=14&issue=&spage=198}}</ref>
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• Mercury (element)
  ...Frostburg State University| author=Senese, F}}</ref><ref name="Norrby" /> the others being [[caesium]], [[francium]], [[gallium]], and [[rubidium]]. ...tion from cinnabar. Cinnabar is highly toxic by ingestion or inhalation of the dust. [[Mercury poisoning]] can also result from exposure to soluble forms
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• Toxicodendron
  ...|edition=4 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780521866453 |year=2008 |page=382}}</ref> ....edu/docs/available/etd-04152004-101232/ | title=Molecular Systematics of the Cashew Family (Anacardiaceae) (PhD dissertation at Louisiana State Universi
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• The World Factbook
  | name = The World Factbook | image_caption = Last Government print edition of ''The World Factbook'' (2010 edition) cover.
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• Material safety data sheet
  [[Image:Material safety data sheet.JPG|thumb|250px|An example MSDS in a US format provides guidance for handling a hazardous substance and inform {{Redirect|MSDS|the video game|MapleStory DS}}
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• Biopolymer
  ...[peptide]]s, [[DNA]] and [[RNA]] are all examples of biopolymers, in which the [[monomer]]ic units, respectively, are [[sugar]]s, [[amino acid]]s, and [[n Chandra, R., and Rustgi, R., "Biodegradable Polymers", Progress in Polymer Science, Vol. 23, p. 1273 (1998)
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• Depleted uranium
  [[File:30mm DU slug.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The DU penetrator of a [[30 mm]] round<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060716 ...|accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38'''.
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• History of clothing and textiles
  ...ry original by artist [[Zhang Xuan]]), illustrates silk fabric manufacture in China.]] ...e present day, methods of textile production have continually evolved, and the choices of textiles available have influenced how people carried their poss
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• Hemp
  ...ut|industrial hemp|its psychoactive variant|Cannabis (drug)|the biology of the plant|Cannabis|other uses|Hemp (disambiguation)}} [[Image:Cannab2 new.png|thumb|right|The variety of appearances for cannabis. Only ''C. sativa'' (left) is suited fo
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• Workplace violence
  The definition of work related violence that has received pan-European acceptance is as follows: “incidents where people are abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances relating to their work, involving an explicit or implicit cha
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• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  {{Refimprove|date=December 2008}} {{Infobox European Union agency
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• Young worker safety and health
  {{Cleanup|date=June 2008}}{{Original research|date=June 2008}} ...almost any economic sector. However, at a global level, most of them work in agriculture (70%).<ref name=WHO_Childlab/>
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• Chemical accident
  ...ubstance or substances hazardous to human health and/or the environment in the short or long term. Such events include [[Conflagration|fires]], [[explosio ...er a highly toxic [[vapour]], ([[methyl isocyanate]]), was released at a [[Union Carbide]] [[pesticide]]s factory.
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• Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
  Title=The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992| ...ttp://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1992/Uksi_19923004_en_5.htm#exnote | accessdate=2008-04-19 }}</ref><br />
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• Indicative limit value
  ...Chemical substance|substances]] specified by the [[Council of the European Union]] based on expert [[research]] and advice. ...ot required to revise these upwards. In practice, most member states adopt the IOELV but there are some variances upwards and downwards.<ref>Dikshith & Di
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• Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limit Values
  ...[[occupational exposure limit]]s for [[chemical]]s in the workplace within the framework of: *[[Directive 98/24/EC]], the chemical agents directive; and
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• Health and safety crime in the United Kingdom
  In the '''[[United Kingdom]]''' there are several '''[[crime]]s''' that arise from ==Offences under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974==
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• List of S-phrases
  {{nofootnotes|date=August 2008}} ...s substances and preparations''. The list was consolidated and republished in [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32001L0059:EN:
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• Safety climate
  {{Wikify|date=October 2008}} ...us aspects of safety climate as a term of art, including its origin within the safety and management profession, various definitions, empirical developmen
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• Workplace stress
  ...oor match between job demands and the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker.<ref name=NIOSH_Stressatwork>NIOSH (1999). [http://www.cdc.gov/niosh ...ed States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health}}</ref> or in extreme cases, [[karoshi|death]].
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• Positive pressure enclosure
  |caption = Positive pressure enclosure (blue chamber) in use on a North Sea drilling platform ...on with the need for [[underwater welding]], and are often associated with the [[Offshore drilling|offshore oil industry]].
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• Risk Information Exchange
  ..., Wexler, P., Tomljanovic, C. (2008) Resources for global risk assessment: The International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER) and Risk Information Excha ...equired to provide toxicological an exposure data for any product entering the EU. As a global tracking system, RiskIE enables manufacturers and risk scie
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• Asbestos
  ...g|thumb|Blue asbestos (crocidolite) from [[Wittenoom, Western Australia]]. The ruler is 1 cm.]] ...ue asbestos (teased).jpg|thumb|Blue asbestos showing the fibrous nature of the mineral]]
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• CLP Regulation
  |number= (EC) No 1272/2008 |madeby= [[European Parliament]] and [[Council of the European Union|Council]]
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• Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
  {{Inappropriate tone|date=May 2008}} ...The European Union has implemented the United Nations' GHS into EU law as the [[CLP Regulation]].
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• Air safety
  {{Refimprove|date=July 2008}} ...n also be applied in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of [[air travel]].
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• Work–life balance
  ...nd "life" ([[pleasure]], [[leisure]], family and spiritual development) on the other. Related, though broader, terms include "lifestyle balance" and "life ...United Kingdom</ref> In the [[United States]], this phrase was first used in 1986.
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• Hazard symbol
  [[Image:Skull and crossbones.svg|thumb|The [[Skull and crossbones (poison)|skull and crossbones]], a or poison, and ot |<center>''More hazard signs can be found on the list of [[commons:Category:DIN 4844-2 warning signs (vector drawings)|DIN 4
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• COSHH
  Title=The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002| Primary_legislation=[[European Communities Act 1972 (UK)|European Communities Act 1972]], [[Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974]]|
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• Benzene
  ...thor= David R. Lide, ed.|title= "Physical Constants of Organic Compounds", in CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Internet Version 2005, <http://www.h ...cture breakers.|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America|volume=87|issue=1|pages=167–9|year=1990|pmid=215
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• Emergency management
  ...zational level after the current level's resources have been exhausted. In the private sector, emergency management is sometimes referred to as [[business ...gement context. This focuses on the mitigation and preparedness aspects of the emergency cycle (see below).
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• Occupational safety and health
  ...s, nearby communities, and other members of the public who are impacted by the workplace environment. It may involve interactions among many subject area ...ed to his physiological and psychological capabilities; and, to summarize, the adaptation of work to man and of each man to his job."
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• Arsenic
  <!-- THIS ARTICLE WAS STARTED AND IS KEPT IN BRITISH SPELLING --> ...he occurrence of arsenic in drinking water is problematic in some parts of the world.
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• Health and safety regulations in the United Kingdom
  ...ork. Many of these give effect to [[European Union]] [[directive (European Union)|directive]]s. ==Regulations made under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974==
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• Construction site safety
  ...humb|A site-safety sign at a highway overpass construction site describing the mandatory safety procedures and equipment.]] ...ccident rate is nearly 13 workers per 100,000 as against 5 per 100,000 for the all sector average (Source: [[Eurostat]]).
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• Cadmium
  ...Hermann, both in Germany, as an impurity in [[zinc carbonate]]<ref>Cadmium in Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1 ...declines have been due to competing technologies, cadmium’s [[toxicity]] in certain forms and concentration and resulting regulations <ref name="Refere
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• Hexavalent chromium
  {{redir|Hex chrome|the color printing process|Hexachrome}} ...salts of [[chromate]] and [[dichromate]]. Hexavalent chromium is used for the production of [[stainless steel]], textile dyes, wood preservation, [[leath
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• Formaldehyde
  {{About|the chemical compound|the 1993 rock album|Formaldehyde (album)}} ...toxyethanol and 1-''tert''-Butoxypropan-2-ol | series = IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans 88 | publisher = International A
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• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
  parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom| ...l advisory service; to amend the law relating to building regulations, and the Building (Scotland) Act 1959; and for connected purposes.</sup>|
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• Wildfire
  {{Redirect|Crown Fire|the 2010 wildfire in Southern California|2010 California wildfires}} ...me fire engulfing large trees|A wildfire in California, USA on 5 September 2008]]
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• Lead poisoning
  Caption = An X ray demonstrating the characteristic finding of lead poisoning, dense [[metaphyseal]] lines.| ...Symptoms include abdominal pain, headache, [[anemia]], irritability, and in severe cases [[seizure]]s, [[coma]], and [[death]].
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• Aerosol
  [[Image:Aerosol-India.jpg|thumb|Aerosol-contamination in northeastern [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]].]] ...ub-microscopic) particles in a liquid. With studies of dispersions in air, the term aerosol evolved and now embraces both liquid [[droplets]], solid parti
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• Lead
  {{About|the metal}} ...Lead is a soft, [[malleable]] [[poor metal]]. It is also counted as one of the [[heavy metal (chemistry)|heavy metal]]s. Metallic lead has a bluish-white
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• Health Level 7
  ..."HL7" is also used to refer to some of the specific standards created by the organization (e.g., HL7 v2.x, v3.0, HL7 [[Reference Information Model|RIM]] ...very, and evaluation of [[health service]]s, are the most commonly used in the world.{{Citation needed|date=May 2007}}
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• Personal health record
  ...ible online to anyone who has the necessary electronic credentials to view the information. ...personal health record” is not new. The earliest mention of the term was in an article indexed by [[PubMed]] dated June 1978;<ref name=FIRST>{{cite jou
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• Electronic health record
  ...health-care records in enterprise-wide systems|local computerized records in a specific health-care organization|Electronic medical record}} ...e-wide information systems. Such records may include a whole range of data in comprehensive or summary form, including [[demographics]], medical history,
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• ISPM 15
  [[Image:IPPC from box.jpg|right|thumb|A photo of the IPPC seal on a wine shipping crate]] ..., used to ship products between countries. Its main purpose is to prevent the international transport and spread of disease and insects that could negati
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• G.hn
  ...nder the [[International Telecommunication Union]] (ITU-T) and promoted by the HomeGrid Forum and several other organizations.<ref>[http://www.homegridfor ...telephone companies, major communication equipment companies, and some of the leading home networking technology companies.
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