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A biological hazard, or biohazard, is a biological substance that poses a threat (or is a hazard) to the health of living organisms, primarily humans. This could include a sample of a microorganism, virus or toxin that can adversely affect human health. A biohazard could also be a substance harmful to other living beings. [a]
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The international biohazard warning symbol as it appears in the Laboratory biosafety manual (Third edition) by the World Health Organization, Geneva 2004. Note that the sickles have blunt ends, not sharp ones. (Unlike most versions on the web) Blunt probably because sharp forms tend to print lousy images when stenciled.
modified symbol to remove overlap on inner arc: 16:21, 10 August 2021: 512 × 446 (1 KB) Vizorsols: adjust triangle, ISO 3864-4 coloring (RAL 1003) 01:07, 4 August 2021: 512 × 447 (1 KB) Vizorsols: removed pixel of whitespace at bottom: 01:06, 28 July 2021: 512 × 448 (1 KB) Vizorsols: Perfect symbol. There is likely room for optimization: 00: ...
A chemical hazard symbol is a pictogram applied to containers and storage areas of dangerous chemical compounds to indicate the specific hazard, and thus the required precautions. There are several systems of labels, depending on the purpose, such as on the container for transportation, containers for end-use, or on a vehicle during transportation.
ISO 7010 is an International Organization for Standardization technical standard for graphical hazard symbols on hazard and safety signs, including those indicating emergency exits. It uses colours and principles set out in ISO 3864 for these symbols, and is intended to provide "safety information that relies as little as possible on the use of ...
Since the symbol represents the entire biohazard field I decided to nominate it for featured status. Articles this image appears in Biological warfare, Trefoil, Weapon of mass destruction, Biological hazard, Hazard symbol, Secular icon Creator Silsor (image is on commons) Support as nominator--TomStar81 23:31, 22 May 2008 (UTC)