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  • noun Plural form of biohazard.

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Examples

  • "There is a risk but I don't believe you need to do any more than bring practice in line with what we do with biohazards."

    Is nanotechnology safe in the workplace? 2012

  • Be thankful that you don't work with infectious biohazards.

    Safety Buffoons Candid Engineer 2009

  • In the years since the attacks, postal officials have equipped more than 270 processing and distribution centers with sensors that “sniff” the air around virtually every piece of incoming mail to detect deadly biohazards.

    The Wrong Man 2010

  • "It's not terribly different from what we face with viruses and biohazards, where very small amounts of pathogens can have large effects," says Aeppli.

    Is nanotechnology safe in the workplace? 2012

  • Our American septic systems are underground and are designed to eliminate biohazards.

    Perfect plants to place over septic systems 2010

  • In the years since the attacks, postal officials have equipped more than 270 processing and distribution centers with sensors that “sniff” the air around virtually every piece of incoming mail to detect deadly biohazards.

    The Wrong Man 2010

  • Other Americans are understandably concerned about health issues, such as the growing biohazards created by mass food production, pollutants and bacteria introduced into meat products by substandard processing practices, and toxicity from heavy metals in many fish.

    American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual Fully Revised and Updated Alice Christensen 2010

  • The closed doors wore warnings against radiation and biohazards and intrusion by unauthorized personnel, along with the occasional taped-up Dilbert cartoon.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

  • Once I took a copy of some letterhead and wrote up an official-looking memo about storage of biohazards on military installations, taped it up behind the jar, and got a good laugh.

    Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Coking the WX Build 2010

  • The closed doors wore warnings against radiation and biohazards and intrusion by unauthorized personnel, along with the occasional taped-up Dilbert cartoon.

    Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

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