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Definition English:
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Action of preserving, keeping, depositing and assembling in a warehouse or other place, a considerable quantity of flammable, toxic, corrosive, irritant, comburent or radioactive chemical products. The warehouses for hazardous materials must fulfill the characteristics that allows to reduce the effects in the case of accident and fulfill the international rules on security by providing the necessary segregation and separation accordingly to the chemical compatibility of the materials. (From: Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990.) |