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  • 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
    ...e Vietnam War, and the deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II.<ref name=HouseReport>{{cite web|accessdate=2007-09-30 |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AMH/XX/MidEast/Lebanon-1982-1984/DOD-Report/Beirut-8.html
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  • USS Big Horn (AO-45)
    ...conduct 25-day patrols on the Coast Guard's mid-ocean weather stations and report on surface and aerial weather conditions. These reports were used to determ ...gust and she was at that island on 15 August 1945, when her crew heard the news of the Japanese surrender.
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  • Mefloquine
    ...umar R. | title=Mefloquine toxicity presenting with polyneuropathy&mdash;a report of two cases in India | journal=Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg | year=2006 | volu ...g/ Mefloquine (Lariam) Action, Clearinghouse for information on mefloquine news, research, toxicity]
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  • Dexamethasone
    ...of Environmental Medicine Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division Technical Report |volume=USARIEM-TN94-2 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7976 |acc ...t must predate a clinical diagnosis of CAH in the female fetus.<ref>{{Cite news
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  • Naloxone
    ...=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/93142/1/EML_18_eng.pdf?ua=1|work=World Health Organization|accessdate=22 April 2014|date=October 2013}}</ref> Nalo ...ths were attributed to prescription opioid overdoses in the US.<ref>{{cite news|title=FDA approves device to combat opioid drug overdose|url=http://www.was
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  • Chloramphenicol
    ....bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7067613.stm |date=2007-10-30 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> ...ler, R. Speare, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7067613.stm BBC News]</ref> Chytridiomycosis is a fungal disease, blamed for the extinction of o
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  • Sodium nitrite
    ...og preservative could be disease cure | date = 9/5/2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8643 | title = Food pre ...s, COPD May Be Linked | author = Miranda Hitti | publisher = WebMD Medical News | date = 17 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1164/rccm.2006
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  • Ketamine
    ...gh S has the most active potency. Ketamine is a ''core'' medicine in the [[World Health Organization]]'s "[[WHO Model List of Essential Medicines|Essential | publisher = World Health Organization
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  • Ciprofloxacin
    ...nk=Bayer |title=HHS, BAYER AGREE TO CIPRO PURCHASE |url=http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/20011024.html |publisher=U.S. Department of Health & Human S ...rn Pacific Region Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility Programme (GASP) Report- 2000. Commun Dis Intell 2001; 25:274-277).
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  • Sodium thiopental
    ..., January 12, 2007, Reuters.</ref> Thiopental is a core medicine in the [[World Health Organization]]'s "[[WHO Model List of Essential Medicines|Essential | publisher = World Health Organization
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  • Valproic acid
    ...es (including epilepsy), and prophylaxis of migraine headaches.<ref>{{cite news |title= Annual Report 2007 |url= http://www.topotarget.com/multimedia/Topotarget_rapport_web_2007
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  • Fluoxetine
    ...f> Fluoxetine made its appearance on the Belgian market in 1986<ref>{{Cite news |last = Swiatek |first =Jeff | title =Prozac's profitable run coming to an ...do]].<ref name = "cerhr-2004">{{Cite book | title = NTP_CERHR Expert Panel Report on Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity of fluoxetine | publisher = Cent
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  • Aspirin
    ...action]]. Today, aspirin is one of the most widely used medications in the world, with an estimated 40,000 [[tonnes]] of it being consumed each year.<ref na ...1899, Bayer had dubbed this drug ''Aspirin'' and was selling it around the world.<ref>{{Cite book|last = Jeffreys |first = Diarmuid |title = Aspirin: The Re
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  • Nitrous oxide
    ...Report (AR4) by Working Group 1 (WG1), [http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/ar4-wg1-chapter2.pdf Chapter 2 "Changes in Atmospheric Constituents ...affer/Library/studies/cu/CU43.html|author=Brecher EM|title=Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs, Part VI - Inhalants and Solvents and Glue-Sniff
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  • Mercury (element)
    Mercury occurs in deposits throughout the world mostly as [[cinnabar]] ([[mercuric sulfide]]), which is the source of the r ...260|page=260|title=The Pillar of Celestial Fire|author=Cox R|publisher=1st World Publishing|year= 1997|isbn=1887472304}}</ref>
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  • Diazepam
    ...ions and has been one of the most frequently prescribed medications in the world for the past 40 years. It was first synthesized by Dr. [[Leo Sternbach]].<r ...to introduce other benzodiazepine derivatives.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite news
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  • J. Gordon Melton
    ...To Vampires Everywhere, Fangs For The Memories", ''[[The Los Angeles Daily News]]'' - July 23, 1997. Carol Bidwell.</ref>
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  • Harry Ashmore
    ...the war, Harry Ashmore became the [[editorial]] writer at the ''Charlotte News'' (in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]]).<ref nam ...the first of his eleven books in 1954. ''The Negro and the Schools'' was a report of a [[Ford Foundation]] study of [[Racial segregation|segregated]] educati
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  • Warren E. Preece
    ...ith a B.A. in 1943. After serving with the U.S. Army in the Philippines in World War II, he earned an M.A. degree from [[Columbia University]] in 1947. ...n the topic of higher education.<ref name="preecetech">Preece, Warren E. A Report of the Discussion. ''Technology and Culture'', Vol. 3, No. 4, Proceedings o
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  • Encyclopædia Britannica
    ...ion costs, and developed electronic versions on [[CD-ROM]], DVD, and the [[World Wide Web]]. Since the early 1930s, the company has promoted spin-off refere ...first = Arthur | year = 2002 | title = [[How the Scots Invented the Modern World]] | publisher = Three Rivers Press | isbn = 978-0609809990}}</ref> In this
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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;km<sup>2</sup> 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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  • Lead poisoning
    ...(μg/dL). The US [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] and the [[World Health Organization]] state that a blood lead level of 10&nbsp;μg/dL or ab ..."/> Organic lead poisoning is now very rare, because countries across the world have phased out the use of organic [[gasoline#Lead|lead compounds as gasoli
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  • Mining
    [[Image:Simplified world mining map 1.png|thumb|350px|right|Simplified world mining map (click to enlarge)]] ...age:Simplified world mining map 2.png|thumb|350px|right|Another simplified world mining map (click to enlarge)]]
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  • Lead
    ...ans]], [[Greece]], [[Asia Minor]]; [[Hispania]] alone accounted for 40% of world production.<ref name="Hong, Candelone, Patterson, Boutron 1994, 1841–1843 ...way Use|accessdate=23 September 2008 | work=Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | date=4 October 1995}}</ref>
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  • Electronic health record
    ...actice| accessdate=2009-08-23}}</ref><ref>[http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/electronic-health-records-not-panacea-researchers-say Electronic health rec ...adopting a system with EHRs could reduce clinical productivity.<ref>{{cite news|title=Electronic Health Records: What's Taking So Long? | url=http://www.ti
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  • Tetrahydrocannabinol
    |url=http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030701/heavy-marijuana-use-doesnt-damage-brain |publisher=[[WebMD]] Medical News
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  • Synthetic cannabis
    ...rope in 2004.<ref>[http://194.83.136.209/documents/reports/Spice.pdf Spice Report] Psychonaut Web Mapping Research Project</ref> The brand "Spice" was releas ...abinoid drug. Upon further analysis it was reported in a German toxicology report that there were some harmful effects of Spice.<ref name=bfr>{{Cite web|url=
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  • Cannabis
    ...ame = erowid/> In the early 20th century, it became illegal in most of the world to cultivate or possess ''Cannabis'' for drug purposes. ...trains.<ref name = "clarke2005a">[http://www.norml.org.nz/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=588 Interview with Robert Connell Clarke]. 1 Jan 2005. NORML
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  • Cannabis (drug)
    ...."<ref name='UN-WDR-2010'>{{cite book | last1 = UNODC | title = World Drug Report 2010 | publisher = United Nations Publication | page = 198 | url = http://w ...binoids became [[legal issues of cannabis|illegal]] in most parts of the [[world]] in the early [[20th century]]. Since then, some [[countries]] have intens
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  • Salvia divinorum
    ...pletely different character than the peak experience. About half of users report a pleasing '[[Afterglow (drug culture)|afterglow]]', or pleasant state of m ...5">[[#refCarlezon2005|Carlezon, Béguin & DiNieri 2005]].</ref> However, a report has been published detailing an individual case of ''Salvia divinorum'' use
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  • Dextromethorphan
    ...c.co.uk/1/hi/health/3869379.stm ''Cough medicines "have no benefit"''] BBC News: Health, Tuesday, July 6, 2004. Accessed July 28, 2007.</ref> especially * [[Sudden infant death syndrome]] <ref>{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/10/17/cough.syrup.deaths/index.html
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