Sentences with phrase «other hazardous substances in»

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced last month that it would be launching the study to evaluate people's potential exposures to radiation and other hazardous substances in and around the creek.

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Securing dangerous or controlled substances: Businesses in a wide range of industries use biometric devices — with hand - readers being a particularly popular option — to help monitor access to toxic chemicals, radioactive waste, narcotic drugs and other potentially hazardous materials.

Toys and play equipment should be in good condition, upstairs windows (if any) should have stops or bars, all medicines and other hazardous substances should be out of reach and locked up, bedding should be fresh and firm (to reduce the risk of SIDS for babies), and the outdoor play area should be level and secure.

Electronic waste, or «e-waste» as it's called, is a growing problem in the United States and abroad, as obsolete or broken computers and other electronic equipment are taking up increasingly precious amounts of landfill space and potentially leaking hazardous substances into surrounding ecosystems.

This is a prime example of the «precautionary principle» that has guided U.S. health agencies in setting acceptable levels of exposure to other potentially hazardous substances, such as lead.

Although the European Union's (E.U.) Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) went into effect in 2006 — effectively banning new electronics (pdf) that contain certain levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and other toxic chemicals — lead has been difficult to phase out due its versatility.

As I was wrapping up my research, I came across a post questioning the use of Hexylen Glycol, a solvent — considered a hazardous substance and is banned in other countries.

Given the sheer amount of hazardous and toxic substances released to air, water, and land over such a large area along the Texas coast, it is reasonable to expect that ExxonMobil, along with other oil and gas companies affected by Harvey, will be named as defendants in a class - action suit for failing to take proper precautions to prevent these releases.

Although the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification program has effectively encouraged energy efficiency in buildings, tighter buildings often concentrate chemicals released from building materials, cleaning supplies, fuel combustion, pesticides and other hazardous substances.

Results of tests conducted by Greenpeace in 2005 from ash samples taken from the Naga and Toledo coal - fired power plants in Cebu revealed the insidious presence of mercury, which is a deadly neurotoxin; arsenic, which is a known carcinogen; as well as other hazardous substances such as lead and chromium.

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