Word: hazard
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...given time, as many as one in 10 drivers are talking on their cell phones behind the wheel, say researchers at the University of Utah Traffic Lab. These distracted drivers not only pose a safety hazard, but, as new data suggests, they may be slowing down your commute...
...greater than those due to heroin. Critics of such programs—including many of Bush appointees—argue that distributing syringes with naloxone at needle exchanges not only facilitates heroin use, but also encourages it. In a twist on the classic economic argument known as moral hazard, they argue that naloxone acts as an insurance policy against overdose—much like car insurance makes people feel free to drive more recklessly. If a user has the antidote readily available, he or she will be less careful in avoiding overdose and less likely to call the paramedics when...
...Bruises and gender wars aren't the only dangers for school officials in England: Conkers represents a safety hazard and raises the threat of lawsuits. Last year, after a student fell from a tree while searching for the perfect conker, his school district chopped down a row of horse chestnut trees. Since then dozens of other schools have started requiring students to wear safety goggles or banned the game altogether...
...labeled "all-natural" or "unscented," and found a wide range of phthalate content, from zero parts per million (ppm) to 7,300 ppm. Many air fresheners contained a phthalate known as DEP and some also contained DBP, which are listed by the California EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a developmental toxin and female and male reproductive toxin, respectively...
...King wrote the Treasury committee explaining, "the provision of such liquidity support undermines the efficient pricing of risk." He went on: "That encourages excessive risk-taking, and sows the seeds of a future financial crisis." Why the change of heart? "Decisions about the balance between liquidity and moral hazard is a judgment we are making almost daily," he told the committee, referring to the danger that lending to banks in this way only encourages them to take risks knowing the central bank will bail them out. Speculation he was leaned on by the government to inject the cash got short...