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Hazardous waste
Hazardous wastes are the dangerous chemical byproducts produced by industrial activities. If released inappropriately the waste may pose a health hazard for people who come in contact with it.
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A 48-year old asked:
What makes hazardous waste dangerous ?
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A 40-year old asked:
Please explain why is hazardous waste dangerous ?
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A 46-year old asked:
What happens to hazardous waste? Is it burned or buried?
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A 42-year old asked:
What are health concerns that hazardous waste can cause?
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A 46-year old asked:
What are health concerns that exposure to hazardous waste can cause?
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A 34-year old asked:
What is the main difference between hazardous and non-hazardous waste?
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A 47-year old asked:
Is asphalt classifieded as hazardous waste?
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A 37-year old asked:
If something has saliva on it should it be placed in hazardous waste bin?
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A 43-year old asked:
How much does it cost hospital to incinerate hazardous waste?
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A 31-year old asked:
Should home birth linens be placed in hazardous waste bin?
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A 43-year old asked:
Does asthma or lung cancer have a correlation to residence near hazardous waste sites?
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A 23-year old male asked about a 27-year old :
I was given a stool sample kit, there was only a big container (similar to a Cool Whip one), the "seat" to hold it, a bag for hazardous waste items, and a tiny thawed out ice pack. Is my Stool sample kit missing stuff or is that normal?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I probably had some minor cuts/ bruises around my fingers from doing my everyday cleaning etc when I dipped my hand into a full, bio hazardous waste bin to retrieve my cell phone that fell in. Can HIV be contracted that way? I have crippling anxiety?
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A 41-year old asked:
What is the difference between hazardous and non-hazardous medical waste?
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A 51-year old asked:
How does electronic waste affect our health?
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A 26-year old male asked:
What is the cause for excreting waste as mucus, ?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Why I am getting blood in my waste two times, in month?
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A 35-year old asked:
What will happen if you landed in a pool of toxic waste?
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A 41-year old asked:
What are the health risks of living beside a waste disposal facility?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Is there a best way to suggest to an alcoholic to get help? Hard to watch someone waste away
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A 27-year old female asked:
What are the exercises which give my body a pear-like shape? I want to increase width of my waste and bottom
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A 26-year old female asked:
Do doctors on here read their "thank you notes"? I leave them when I have been helped, but not sure if wasting time!
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A 18-year old male asked:
Sometimes i feel too lonely & think i need a partner.Sometimes think it just waste of time.Is lonelyness bad for health?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Is FASTING effective in order to excrete waste matter from the body? If I try to fast when I have a cold, what will happen to me?
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A male asked:
I have been holding in my waste since i was in day care.i waite 2 or 3 days and then i go what can happen to me if i continue to do this?
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A 20-year old female asked:
For the past days my waste has been really dark with white substance over it and when i'm going to wipe, the substance on the paper and its gooey?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Can i switch between acuvue oasys and acuvue trueyes on different days due to my time needs? I don't want to waste a daily contact for only 2 hours.
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A 24-year old female asked:
I'm at the doctors every other week for one thing or another for which i feel i need medical attention. Worried doctors think i'm wasting their time?
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A 18-year old male asked:
All my groceries including fresh veggies, nuts, frozen fruits got left in a hot car for several hours. Should they still be okay? I don't wanna waste
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A 24-year old female asked:
Started workin out and I'm doin the Saran &vaseline wrap when workin out everytime I go to gym it seems like wasting time cause I eat wrong foods help?
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