Natural Hazard and Human-made Hazard
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'Human- made' hazards, for the purposes of this fact sheet, are hazards that are created by people, such as petroleum products and hazardous substances. A natural hazard occurs when an extreme natural event is destructive to human life and property.
ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ: ᴍᴀɴ-ᴍᴀᴅᴇ (ɪ.ᴇ., ᴀɴᴛʜʀᴏᴘᴏɢᴇɴɪᴄ, ᴏʀ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ-ɪɴᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ) ʜᴀᴢᴀʀᴅs ᴀʀᴇ ᴅᴇғɪɴᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴛʜᴏsᴇ “ɪɴᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇʟʏ ᴏʀ ᴘʀᴇᴅᴏᴍɪɴᴀɴᴛʟʏ ʙʏ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛɪᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇs”. ᴛʜɪs ᴛᴇʀᴍ ᴅᴏᴇs ɴᴏᴛ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴄᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏʀ ʀɪsᴋ ᴏғ ᴀʀᴍᴇᴅ ᴄᴏɴғʟɪᴄᴛs ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴏғ sᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ɪɴsᴛᴀʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴏʀ ᴛᴇɴsɪᴏɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴀʀᴇ sᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴɪᴛᴀʀɪᴀɴ ʟᴀᴡ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ʟᴇɢɪsʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴛᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ʜᴀᴢᴀʀᴅs ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏʀᴍᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴀ sᴜʙsᴇᴛ ᴏғ ᴍᴀɴ-ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ʜᴀᴢᴀʀᴅs.
ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ, ɴᴜᴄʟᴇᴀʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴀᴅɪᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ʜᴀᴢᴀʀᴅs, ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀs ᴛʀᴀɴsᴘᴏʀᴛ ʜᴀᴢᴀʀᴅs ᴀʀᴇ ᴅᴇғɪɴᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴛʜᴏsᴇ "ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀᴛᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ᴏʀ ɪɴᴅᴜsᴛʀɪᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴs, ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜs ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇᴅᴜʀᴇs, ɪɴғʀᴀsᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ғᴀɪʟᴜʀᴇs ᴏʀ sᴘᴇᴄɪғɪᴄ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛɪᴇs.
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