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What is Ozone? |
| Depending on where ozone resides, it can protect or harm life on Earth. Most ozone resides in the stratosphere (a layer of the atmosphere between 10 and 40 km above us), where it acts as a shield to protect Earth's surface from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation. With a weakening of this shield, we would be more susceptible to skin cancer, cataracts, and impaired immune systems. Closer to Earth in the troposphere (the atmospheric layer from the surface up to about 10 km), ozone is a harmful...
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Breathalyzer Technologies And Sensors |
| The category of electronic breath alcohol testers includes a very broad spectrum of testers, ranging from relatively inexpensive and unsophisticated testers designed for consumers use, to very expensive and sophisticated testers capable of giving results that virtually mimic blood test.
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Breathalyzer Test |
| It is not the kind of test that you can retake if you fail. If you don’t pass this test, you’d surely end up searching your wallet for some cash or if you really failed hard, you may find yourself in jail. There is no trick to help you pass a breathalyzer test. The only way to escape a breathalyzer test is to be sober. So what exactly is a breathalyzer test? It’s a test conducted by law enforcement officers for drivers who are suspected of driving under the influence of ...
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Alcoholism In The Workplace: A Handbook for Supervisors |
| In the workplace, the costs of alcoholism and alcohol abuse manifest themselves in many different ways. Absenteeism is estimated to be 4 to 8 times greater among alcoholics and alcohol abusers. Other family members of alcoholics also have greater rates of absenteeism. Accidents and on-the-job injuries are far more prevalent among alcoholics and alcohol abusers.
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Zero Tolerance Program |
| In June 1995, in a weekly radio address, President Clinton called on Congress to make “zero tolerance†the law of the land, prohibiting persons under the age of 21 from driving with any measurable alcohol in their system.
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Blood Alcohol Concentration %BAC Guide |
| The measure of impairment is directly related to several factor such as weight, gender, and body metabolism. Women are more susceptible to the effects of alcohol than men. The following charts are organized based on weight and genders only.
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What is a Breathalyzer False Positive? |
| A test result that is erroneously positive when a situation is normal.
An example of a false positive: A particular test designed to detect Alcohol in breath of a person is positive but the person has not consumed any alcohol.
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Blood Alcohol Content - What is BAC? |
| Blood alcohol content is a terminology used to denote the concentration of alcohol in blood and provides a common, standard platform to measure and compare the levels of intoxication.
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Alcohol Methodologies |
| Several different methods are available for alcohol testing. Alcohol test can be done via blood draw, breath, urine or saliva. This article goes into detail the different testing methods for alcohol.
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