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industrial disease

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in·dus·tri·al disease (n-dstr-l)
n.
1. A pathological condition resulting from exposure to a toxin discharged by a business or industry into the environment.
2. An occupational disease.
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Q. is ADHD a new age disease ?like something influenced by the industrial revolution and the new advanced products of today's time ? any relation ?

A. ADHD is in evolutionary disease. it's probably with us for the last million years. the thought is that ADHD actually helped a man to survive. the alertness coming with ADHD probably helped an ancestor of ours not to be eaten by a bear.

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The award recognizes Bingham for her outstanding record of accomplishments in fighting to protect workers, consumers, and citizens from the danger of environmental and industrial disease.
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