inhalation
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Short-term exposure by inhalation can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea, fatigue respiratory irritation and other adverse health effects, according to the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Bouchard said 30 police officers were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation as the building was "engulfed" in flames.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
Some 2,700 people are diagnosed with the aggressive cancer in the UK each year, with the principal cause being the inhalation of asbestos fibres.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
The research team is continuing its work to better understand how flu spreads through inhalation and under what conditions that transmission is most likely.
From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026
For a century or more after Pott’s discovery there seems to have been little further realization that certain of the chemicals in the human environment could cause cancer by repeated skin contact, inhalation, or swallowing.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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