### hazard:

Environmental hazard
* affect children differently than adults
  - human health and real estate values
* are ever-present in our homes and communities
  - present during every step of the open-pit mining process
* is probably less easy to quantify than health hazard.
* pose a unique threat to children.

Ergonomic hazard
* are conditions that require unnatural postures and unnatural movement
  - still the nation's number one occupational safety and health problem
* are the nation s number one job safety problem
  - number one workplace safety and health problem

Fire hazard
* arise from unsafe conditions and practices.
* can increase in the warmer months.
* exist in dryers used for sunflower.
* is greater as liquid temperature rises.

Physical hazard
* are also possible when swimming in polluted water
  - chemicals that provide harm to physical self
  - fires, explosions, spontaneous ignition, and compressed gasses
* have a direct physical effect on the body.
* is present from hazardous materials, fireworks, or fire.

Reproductive hazard
* Some reproductive hazards can stop or slow the actual production of sperm.
* cause miscarriages and birth defects.

Respiratory hazard
* are very common in the painter's workplace.
* vary from job to job and even from room to room on the same job.

Safety hazard
* Some safety hazards are more common during certain times of the year.
* cause injuries.
* exist when handling, transporting, and storing highly toxic compounds.
* involving livestock can be an unpredictable part of farm life.
* means a vehicle leaking a hazardous substance, i.e. gas, oil, transmission fluid, etc.

Sand trap
* Most sand traps are deep and have very large mounds to contend with.
* are limited, due to the amount of hills and trees

Workplace hazard
* Identify the major types of hazards associated with the electronics workplace.
* Many workplace hazards arise from the activity of the plaintiff or others.
* can contribute significantly to infertility.

### hazardous air pollutant:

Friable asbestos
* hazardous air pollutant.
* is asbestos that when dry can be crumbled, pulverized or powdered by hand pressure
  - being easily turned into a dust with only finger pressure
  - extremely hazardous
  - the more dangerous and the most regulated type of asbestos
* known health hazard.

### hazardous waste:

Used oil
* has high energy content and requires minimal processing for reuse as an industrial fuel.
* has nearly twice the energy potential of coal
  - energy-producing value of coal
* hazardous waste.
* includes motor oil, brake and transmission fluid, and hydraulic oil.
* is full of nasty by-products of combustion like acids and moisture
  - insoluble, persistent, and can contain toxic chemicals and heavy metals
  - toxic because of the products of incomplete fuel combustion
* major source of oil pollution in our nation's waterways.
* regulated waste in Connecticut.
* valuable resource because it has lubrication value and heat value.

Laser dye
* Many laser dyes are hazardous.
* can expose operators to toxic contaminants when maintenance procedures are performed.

Uranium mining
* can also seriously damage workers health, especially if ventilation is inadequate.
* is hazardous.
* raises the issue of general support for nuclear technology.
* threatens the existence of all creation.