Word: hazarding
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...would disallow smoking only when other people are involuntarily affected--in workplaces employers and employees could still agree to set aside areas for smoking. In places where passersby have no choice but to breathe the air, it is hardly unreasonable to prohibit an activity that presents such a known hazard to the public health...
Obesity, to take another example, is a proven health hazard and optimal nutrition is very important. But at what point does controlled, appropriate and moderate dieting become uncontrolled, excessive and dangerous? Dieters who restrict themselves to less than 1000 calories a day--and there are many--are by definition starving themselves...
Officials at Harvard's Facilities Maintenance office said the PCB's have not been a health hazard to library users...
...potentially cancer-causing asbestos is the predominant insulation material in many Harvard buildings, and the University's clean-up program goes above and beyond the letter of the law. However, an asbestos scare--something usually associated with heavy industry plants--has no place at Harvard. While the health hazard is under control, the hazard to the University's relation with its students remains...
...flooded toilet in Greenough Hall created an electrical fire hazard, forcing students to evacuate the dormitory yesterday for more than two hours...