| hazard function |
the probability of the event occurring at a given timepoint
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| hazardous material |
substances which have hazardous characteristics such as: flammable, corrosive, reactive, toxic, radioactive, poisonous, carcinogenic or infectious. These materials are considered hazardous because they present a potential risk to humans and/or the environment.
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| hazardous waste |
A subset of solid waste, which can create a risk to the safety or health of people or the environment. Any solid waste that is ignitable, explosive, reactive or toxic and which may pose a substantial or potential hazard to human health and safety or to the environment when improperly managed. Reactive refers to the ability to enter into a violent chemical reaction that may involve explosion or fumes. (Use of this term is often highly imprecise.)
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| hazardous material |
An item that is harmful to the environment.
Ãâó: www.deq.state.va.us/kids/library/wstmanvo.html
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| hazmat |
Any element, compound, or combination thereof, which is flammable, corrosive, detonable, toxic, radioactive, an oxidizer, an etiologic agent, or highly reactive, and which, because of handling, storing processing, or packaging, may have detrimental effects upon operating and emergency personnel, the public, equipment and/or the environment.
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