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    Hazard of smooking

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    inspiring and interesting talk; entitled “HAZARD OF SMOKING”. DEFINITION FROM WIKIPIDIE A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life‚ health‚ property‚ or environment. Most hazards are dormant or potential‚ with only a theoretical risk of harm; however‚ once a hazard becomes "active"‚ it can create an emergency situation. A hazard does not exist when it is not happening. A hazardous situation that has come to pass is called an incident. Hazard and vulnerability interact together to

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    BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS

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    BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS Biological hazard are acquired from disease causing microorganism and the poisonous toxins they may produce. Biological hazard are far the most dangerous foodborne hazard in the food service and food retail businesses. These includes harmful microorganism seen only in the microscope 1. BACTERIA 2.VIRUSES 3. PARASITES 4. MOLDS 5. YEAST Other living organism are: • Insects: RODENTS FARM ANIMAL DOMESTIC PETS BIRDS FISH PLANTS TRANSMIT DISEASE TO HUMAN BEING

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    Environmental Hazards

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    Joey Purdee Environmental Hazards Instructor – Kellie Archie July 2‚ 2013 Abstract This week we will be discussing dumps and landfills. We will first describe what is meant by open dumping and also what a landfill is. We will be discussing early to modern landfills and the differences between then and now. We will discuss what some of the problems were with early landfills and also what improvements have been made with newer landfills. Finally‚ we are to choose one the listed landfills and

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    Plate Tectonics Press Release GLG/101 July-27‚ 2014 Kathy Howard Plate Tectonics Press Release How can the families of Los Angeles be prepared for an earthquake? This is a very important question that haunts us every day‚ because we don’t always know when they are coming and how bad they will be. I am Donte Lindsey and I am the director of Earth Preparedness of Los Angeles. With any type of danger the first thing you need to be prepared with is knowledge. Today we will discuss the hazards

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    workplace hazard

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    Hazards & Risk In The Construction Industry Dustin Denton HST 1213 4-23-15 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforces regulations that aim to keep workplaces safe for employees and to also provide a safe and hazard free worksite. When you go to work each day‚ you should be able to trust that your work environment is safe and that you will not suffer harm. According to OSHA some jobs are more dangerous than others; however‚ this means that certain types of workers sustain

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    Enviromental Hazards

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    The four categories of human environmental hazards include cultural‚ physical‚ chemical‚ and biological hazards Environmental cultural hazard is the risk of damage to the environment involving air pollution form all of the massive factory’s and mills that are placed around the earth. Water pollution is a main hazard because it kills a lot of the aquatic life that we as humans feed on and it also kills the food that the food we eat feeds off to survive. Toxins like all of our trash that is getting

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    Workplace Hazards

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    course is divided into two categories: ‘Services’ and ‘Safety and Emergency’. The Safety and Emergency training course is to ensure all cabin crew members are aware of the safety hazards on board‚ how to avoid any risks of health and safety hazards‚ and are well-trained to handle any emergency that might occur. Hazards cabin crew members may face include: Psychological - Sexual harassment: female flight attendants are a target for sexual harassment from passengers on board. This may cause stress

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    Tectonic Plate Movements

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    the friction between the rocks of the two plates. Therefore‚ sometimes the plates get stuck. With the pressure and tension build up‚ rocks in the plates break and results in earthquakes. Spreading Mid ocean ridges are places where the Earth’s tectonic plates spread apart from each other as hot magma emerges from the mantle and oozes forth as lava to fill the gap constantly created by the plate separation. This is called diverging. As it cools it forms new ocean floor crust. This process is known

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    Anthropogenic Hazards

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    Anthropogenic hazards or human-made hazards can result in the form of a human-made disaster. In this case‚anthropogenic means threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a human-made system. This is as opposed to natural hazards that cause natural disasters. Either can result in huge losses of life and property as well as damage to peoples’ mental‚ physical and social well-being. Fire Bush fires‚ forest fires‚ and mine fires are generally started by lightning

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    Web Hazard

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    Web Hazard Internet access can be neglectful to people and to their loved ones. Internet addictions may cause the person to be more obsessed with the computer‚ to avoid family time‚ and to be stuck in a fantasy world. Many people to spend more and more time at the computer‚ which can be addictive. According to Payne’s article‚ “On such boards [Internet Addicts Anonymous‚ Gaming Addiction and Internet Addicts Recovery Club]‚ posters admit that they feel as though they can’t step away from the computers

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