health hazard
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhealthandhazard
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health
noun[U]
uk/helθ/us/helθ/
the condition of the body and the degree to which it is free from illness, or the state of ...
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hazard
noun[C]
uk/ˈhæz.əd/us/ˈhæz.ɚd/
something that is dangerous and likely to ...
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(Definition ofhealthandhazardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhealth hazard
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Burns from open fires pose another significanthealthhazard.
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For farmers not having alternative sources of water for household use, such a high concentration of nitrate could be a potentialhealthhazard.
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The cotton dust is ahealthhazardsince it can result in respiratory diseases.
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Recommending this practice will avoid farmers burning straw, which is detrimental to the environment and could be ahealthhazard.
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Thus, our findings among the healthy underline the fact that reported poor subjective well-being indicateshealthhazardin itself.
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Similarly, as second-hand smoke has also been recognized as ahealthhazard, the social acceptability of smoking became a concern.
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Modern industrial food production may result in undesired or unanticipated outcomes that pose ahealthhazardfor consumers.
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The study also examines personal and contextual factors that mitigate mentalhealthhazardattendant on temporal reintegration.
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Mixed-species biofilms on surfaces of food processing equipment, water distribution systems, medical implants, catheters, etc. are a potential reservoir of bacterial pathogens that may constitute ahealthhazard.
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Residue incorporation should be preferred over residue burning, which results in the loss of valuable plant nutrients and is both an environmental and ahealthhazard.
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Another risk is that the additives in foods may themselves represent a directhealthhazardto the consumer, particularly when ingested at low levels for long periods of time.
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It is a directhealthhazard.
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Either there is ahealthhazardor there is not.
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I am simply asking that whenever there is an actualhealthhazardthere should be medical coverage here which does not come from other sources.
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I sympathise with the concerns of her constituents; apart from anything else, they are no doubt concerned about thehealthhazardof uncollected waste.
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We do not know for definite the full scale of the problem, although my view is that it is potentially a major publichealthhazard.
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That cannot be considered a majorhealthhazard.
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However, unregulated or improper use can be ahealthhazard, and this applies particularly in economically developing countries.
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