• an occupational hazard to the healthcare provider. Nail dust collected during foot care procedures performed in office settings has been found to contain...
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  • Occupational dust exposure can occur in various settings, including agriculture, construction, forestry, and mining. Dust hazards include those that arise...
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    occupational hazard is a hazard experienced in the workplace. This encompasses many types of hazards, including chemical hazards, biological hazards (biohazards)...
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    Hangnail List of cutaneous conditions Occupational hazards associated with exposure to human nail dust Yellow nail syndrome Hall, John C. (2006). "25. Dermatologic...
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    Silicosis (category Occupational diseases)
    Silicosis is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust. It is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form...
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    understanding that occupational health refers to hazards associated to disease and long-term effects, while occupational safety hazards are those causing...
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    lead in the workplace can bring lead dust home on clothes or skin and expose their children. Occupational exposure to lead increases the risk of cardiovascular...
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    Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (category Chemical hazards)
    plant-based ski wax contain no PFAS and greatly reduce the occupational hazards associated with certain professions. Several technologies are currently available...
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    type of metal poisoning due to exposure to mercury. Symptoms depend upon the type, dose, method, and duration of exposure. They may include muscle weakness...
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    Phthalates (category Articles with short description)
    more likely to bind to organic matter and airborne particles indoors, exposure occurs primarily through food consumption and contact with dust. Many bio-based...
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  • caused directly or due to immunological response to an exposure to a variety of dusts, chemicals, proteins or organisms. Occupational cases of interstitial...
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    allergic contact dermatitis that arises is caused by occupational exposure. Non-occupational exposure to allergens in medicaments, clothing, cosmetics, and...
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    Legacy pollution (category Articles with short description)
    carcinogen that is very harmful to human health. A study on a husband and wife who faced PCBs as an occupational hazard suffered from and developed thyroid...
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    Persistent organic pollutant (category Articles with short description)
    notion. Recent studies of indoor dust and air have implicated indoor environments as a major sources for human exposure via inhalation and ingestion. Furthermore...
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    Arsenic (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. "#0039". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...
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  • workplace exposure to silica dust, engine exhaust or welding fumes is associated with heart disease. Associations also exist for exposure to arsenic, benzopyrenes...
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    Histoplasmosis (category Articles with short description)
    Histoplasmosis Among Tunnel Workers". Retrieved 2023-12-04. "HEALTH HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH BIRD AND BAT DROPPINGS". www.idph.state.il.us. Retrieved 2023-12-04...
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    Nicotine (redirect from Niagara P.A. Dust)
    Hazardous Substances Data Bank Chemical Hazards monograph for Nicotine from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Laboratory Chemical...
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    "NIOSH hazards controls HC28 - controlling chemical hazards during the application of artificial fingernails". The National Institute for Occupational Safety...
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    Technology, Gaithersburg (MD) NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. "#0004". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Klamt, Andreas...
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    Nitrous oxide (category Articles with short description)
    event involved in excitotoxicity. Occupational exposure to ambient nitrous oxide has been associated with DNA damage, due to interruptions in DNA synthesis...
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    July 2017. Hurley, Robin A.; Taber, Katherine H. (January 2015). "Occupational Exposure to Solvents: Neuropsychiatric and Imaging Features". The Journal of...
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    Spray painting (category Articles with short description)
    outside of the spray area. Health monitoring: To avoid the development of illnesses associated with exposure to isocyanates, health authorities recommend...
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    Birth defect (category Wikipedia medicine articles ready to translate)
    Therefore, pregnant women who live in homes with lead paint inhale the dust containing lead, leading to lead exposure in the fetus. When lead pipes are used...
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    Volcanic ash (category Weather hazards)
    silica. The exposure levels to free crystalline silica in the ash are commonly used to characterise the risk of silicosis in occupational studies (for...
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    Coccidioidomycosis (category Articles with short description)
    measures such as planting grass and wetting the soil, and also limiting exposure to dust storms are advisable for residential areas in endemic regions. Significant...
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  • European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (category Articles with short description)
    policies regarding occupational safety and health. EU-OSHA publishes a monthly newsletter, OSHmail, which deals with occupational health and safety topics...
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    Phenol (category Articles with short description)
    nomenclature. "Phenol_msds". NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. "#0493". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Kütt, Agnes; Movchun...
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    Silicon (category Lang and lang-xx code promoted to ISO 639-1)
    eight-hour workday. Inhalation of crystalline silica dust may lead to silicosis, an occupational lung disease marked by inflammation and scarring in the...
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  • Workplace health promotion (category Occupational safety and health)
    promotion is complementary to the discipline of occupational safety and health, which consists of protecting workers from hazards. Successful workplace health...
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