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The latency period of toxic exposure effects, as seen with Agent Orange in Vietnam, spans generations.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
Yet the long latency period of asbestos diseases has meant people have continued getting sick with lung problems.
—Amy Beth Hanson, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
Many people died as a result of the recent Covid19 epidemic, which highlighted the weaknesses and latency periods involved in controlling an unidentified worldwide viral outbreak.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Because of the long latency period for those diseases, symptoms can take decades to develop.
—Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
The latency period for lung cancer from radiation is longer than five years and 74 mSv spread over four years is not enough dose to cause any health effects, being lower than background radiation in many many places on Earth.
—James Conca, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
The time between exposure and diagnosis, known as the latency period, is different for each chemical and depends on how much of the chemical you were exposed to.
—Maya Miller, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2021
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a sometimes-fatal lymph cancer, typically has a latency period of 10 to 15 years, Chhabria said, so four years of medical monitoring would have limited value for most potential victims.
—Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 May 2021
Bromage also noted that the impact of more people sharing cool, recirculated air due to high temperatures from one to two weeks ago would only start emerging in the COVID-19 data now as the virus has a five- to 10-day latency period.
—David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 17 June 2020
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
Yet the long latency period of asbestos diseases has meant people have continued getting sick with lung problems.
—Amy Beth Hanson, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
Many people died as a result of the recent Covid19 epidemic, which highlighted the weaknesses and latency periods involved in controlling an unidentified worldwide viral outbreak.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Because of the long latency period for those diseases, symptoms can take decades to develop.
—Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
The latency period for lung cancer from radiation is longer than five years and 74 mSv spread over four years is not enough dose to cause any health effects, being lower than background radiation in many many places on Earth.
—James Conca, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
The time between exposure and diagnosis, known as the latency period, is different for each chemical and depends on how much of the chemical you were exposed to.
—Maya Miller, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2021
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a sometimes-fatal lymph cancer, typically has a latency period of 10 to 15 years, Chhabria said, so four years of medical monitoring would have limited value for most potential victims.
—Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 May 2021
Bromage also noted that the impact of more people sharing cool, recirculated air due to high temperatures from one to two weeks ago would only start emerging in the COVID-19 data now as the virus has a five- to 10-day latency period.
—David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 17 June 2020
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“Latency period.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latency%20period. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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