biohazard

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Abdelnour and health officer Irene Gordon characterized the waste dumped near the waterline as a biohazard which could easily have been swept away by the Cold River if a fisherman hadn't found the site on Sunday.

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  1. noun A biological agent, such as an infectious microorganism, or a condition that constitutes a threat to humans, especially in biological research or experimentation.
  2. noun The potential danger, risk, or harm from exposure to such an agent or condition.

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  • Instead she climbed back out and called for a biohazard team. —  FSF,September2007
  • I want to follow in his footsteps Paige nodded and took the protective gloves off, dropping them in a biohazard wastebasket near the door. —  A Man Alone by Lindsay Mckenna
  • Eve lent her a laptop—a retro thing, big and black and clunky, with a biohazard-symbol sticker on the front. —  GlassHouses
  • As Martha cajoled Rachel into making carrot soup, Rachel nervously stepped from side to side with her hands behind her back, told Martha that she doesn't cook and instead eats food from street carts, and cringed when Martha poured hot chicken broth into a blender as if the chicken broth were a biohazard: —  AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
  • "If a patient walks in with some biohazard, hospitals could write biohazard and everyone sees this," said Nancy Bechtel, of COTS. —  News for NBC4i.com
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