exposure
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Long-term exposure has been linked to asthma and, in laboratory studies on animals, reproductive issues and birth defects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Vitamin D3, or cholecalciferol, is the same form produced in human skin after exposure to ultraviolet B radiation from sunlight.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Small caps also tend to have less exposure to the tech sector.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
A possible exposure reported at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia last month prompted Kate Mercogliano, a 38-year-old lawyer, to get her seven-month-old vaccinated about five months before she was due to get her first shot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The Greeks had direct exposure to these Asian libraries after Alexander’s conquest of Mesopotamia; that they were a direct inspiration for Ptolemy’s foundation, however, can only be a surmise.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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Transportation margins help provide a measure of direct consumer-price exposures because they represent the final movement of goods from producer to purchaser.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Cats can encounter some of the same environmental factors as their owners, including household chemicals, air pollutants, smoke and other exposures that may influence cancer risk.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
There is no evidence that even reasonably high dietary exposures to acrylamide cause health problems like cancer.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
“There was no investigation into those exposures,” Michaels said, “and the understanding of how much more severe these exposures were ... has become very apparent in the last decade.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Repeated exposures may lower the cholinesterase level until an individual reaches the brink of acute poisoning, a brink over which he may be pushed by a very small additional exposure.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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