It is a particular risk for young children, who suffer significant developmental problems if exposed to elevated lead levels.
This wouldn't matter in a lower latitude, because the body can synthesize vitamin D if exposed to ultraviolet sun rays.
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Methane and other gases can ignite if exposed to sparks, so the electronics are housed in casings designed to withstand an explosion.
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He then developed an initiator molecule for each stretch that would make thousands of copies of that stretch if exposed to a small sample of it.
If exposed, it stands to roil an impending national election.
They are not protected at all at that age by the DTaP, and since a huge percentage of even appropriately vaccinated people can still catch and transmit the disease, parents cannot rely on the theory that their baby is safe from the disease if exposed to them.
If you are exposed you should wash thoroughly with soap and water and remove your clothes.
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Investors worry that could leave Motorola exposed if Verizon gets the iPhone early next year as people familiar with the matter have said.
Tepco fears some of the fuel rods may become exposed if the water in their storage pools is allowed to boil down too low.
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By creating a second stash of your smartphone photos on Facebook, you run the risk of their getting exposed if your Facebook account is compromised.
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For manuscript dealer Kaller, there's obviously more at stake, though he admits that his copy of the poem would retain value even if Moore were exposed as a plagiarist.
The problem is that calcium, magnesium and lithium are a bit fussy and chemically quite reactive and will oxidize or stop working if they are exposed to oxygen and moisture.
Pressure mounted further as the Majority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives, Rep. Adam Hasner, worked with the state's Department of Children and Families and Attorney General Bill McCullom to ascertain the danger to which Ms. Bary could be exposed if she were relinquished by Florida authorities.
"If you're exposed to the outside elements, your body can't cool down at night, " he said.
Use earplugs if you're exposed to loud noise for prolonged periods of time including concerts.
Makers say they can't risk selling federally approved products if they are still exposed to unpredictable verdicts.
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The problem is that it is not always possible to tell if someone has been exposed or not.
The work of Dr Michael Skinner centres around the effects that certain chemicals can have on these processes, if the female is exposed at key points during pregnancy.
"If the cow were exposed to the typical strain of BSE via animal feed -- and the government says that's not the case here -- that would have represented a significant failure, " she said.
Looking at the website itself (no, no link, not for these people) they say that shipping takes more than 8 days: longer than the only known dietary supplement, iodine, can possibly help you for if you have been exposed.
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If your child has been exposed to one of the recalled toys, don't panic.
That will instantly put him back in a highly exposed hydrocarbon position if he does.
If dry parchments are suddenly exposed to greater humidity, long-dormant spores will start sprouting.
If they want to be exposed, they pay us to be exposed to equities without market timing.
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He did so to settle an investigation that might have exposed his fraud if it had been adequately conducted.
In other words, defense equities cease to be a useful hedge against downturns in the commercial business cycle if they are over-exposed to it.
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Lithium batteries are much more likely to experience uncontrolled high temperatures that can lead to fires if they are damaged, exposed to excessive heat, overcharged or have manufacturing flaws.
On the main side, the front side of our ice cube tray, if you will, we exposed that when we flew past the comet, so we caught the comet dust.
Again, the basic test for us is if the government is ever exposed again to any risk of loss, that the cost of that will be borne by large financial institutions, as it should be.
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