Word: hazarding
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...report quoted a committee report from the 1948 meeting as saying, "there is no scientific evidence that it is an unwarranted hazard to continue the present process for six weeks, during which steps will be taken vigorously to control the hazard." The control measures apparently were not fully successful...
Parker wrote that "the critical hazard is to the inhalation and lung retention of particles," which he said "can produce radiation damage." At the time, it was estimated that a worker could be inhaling about 16 radioactive particles per month. This suggests that over a one-year period a worker could have inhaled an amount of plutonium that is more than twice the current official lifetime lung burden allowed for Energy Department workers, the Glenn report said...
...This is our year. Everybody's up for it. It's what you might call an occupational hazard," he says...
...Greg leads the caravan in an attention-grabbing red-bannered pickup. Next come the police, a Mississippi Power & Light crew and Sister Grace, who occasionally slows down to take a picture. Bringing up the rear is Otis Towner at the wheel of the pickup carrying the steps. With hazard lights blinking, the procession crawls past the local U-Haul dealership, gas stations and the post office. Impatient drivers trail behind, and kids on bicycles stop to gaze at the rolling house...
...felt the large vehicles detracted from the attractive and historical area as well as pose a health hazard for the over--populated Yard," Vautin said. "We also felt the extensive traffic caused significant expense to yearly maintenance...