Sentence examples for fatal exposure from inspiring English sources

Rather, it's because of the literal mountain in the middle, complete with 7,000ft of elevation gain and potentially fatal exposure – and when you finally get to the top, well, congratulations.

At all ages, for instance, turtles are indiscriminate eaters, and they inhale deeply before diving for food, two behaviors that increase their risk of fatal exposure.

Carbon monoxide may be quantitated in blood using spectrophotometric methods or chromatographic techniques in order to confirm a diagnosis of poisoning in a person or to assist in the forensic investigation of a case of fatal exposure.

Paraquat, glyphosate, organophosphates, carbamates and blasticidin-S were the pesticides most frequently involved in fatal exposures and accounted for 73.0% of the fatalities; paraquat exposure caused the highest fatality rate (31 of 43 [72.1%] exposed) and was the major agent involved in fatalities (46.3%) (Table 3).

The highest worldwide risk to individuals is from medicine itself; nearly half of all fatal exposures have been due to calibration errors in equipment used for medical treatment or because of insecure storage of spent radiotherapy sources [ 5].

Despite amifostine's limitations, it is hard to dismiss the drug as a viable radioprotectant for nonclinical applications; amifostine is a remarkably effective, potent and systemically active drug that has the capacity not only to provide substantial cytoprotection to various vital bodily tissues, but also to promote survival in otherwise fatal nuclear/radiological exposure situations.

A single rapid large dose of radiation to the entire body can be fatal, while exposure to the same dose meted out over a period of weeks or months can have a much lesser effect.[8].

Histamine also contributes to generalized allergic conditions such as anaphylaxis, a severe, immediate, and often fatal response to exposure to a previously encountered antigen.

During these formative years, Jerzy develops a taste for the life of a spy and for the power that a secret-holder can wield, and he learns to fear the potentially fatal consequences of exposure.

An increased risk of fatal cancer from exposure to ionizing radiation is a health concern for airline pilots.

More than one-third of the extracranial bleeds were GI bleeds (n=334), 6% of them were fatal; during current exposure 4% were fatal.