Word: hazard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many appliances can be a fire hazard, he says...
...genes are a universal hazard of life, of course; practically every species suffers from inherited diseases. But golden retrievers and other purebreds are not like most other animals. They are in a very real sense artificial, molded over thousands of years through selective breeding to satisfy human needs. For most of that time, those needs have largely been companionship and labor, and dogs have prospered...
Guessing wrong on the market's direction is a hazard of the job. But Garzarelli also raised questions about her judgment when in a 1989 television appearance she recommended her firm's own stock, only to say a few days later she didn't know that was against the rules. And last August police in East Hampton, New York, arrested her on suspicion of drunken driving as she drove a male friend home from an all-night bout of champagne drinking. Garzarelli has pleaded not guilty to the charges...
...Employees [on the fifth floor] are exposed to paint vapors and the possibility of fire due to round-the-clock spraying of paint to finish student projects," said the complaint filed with the Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration (OSHA...
...cells migrate to other parts of the pelvic area), have arguably been on the rise in the decades since DDT, dioxin and the like first entered the food chain. Says Thomas Burke of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health: "What we have now is identification of a potential hazard, and that's all we have. What the implications are we don't know yet, and we need to clarify that...