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Biohazard Warning Symbol

  • A Proposed Universal Biohazards Warning Symbol

  • 1960s

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Report submitted by the Dow Chemical Company Biohazard Research and Development Team to the National Cancer Institute regarding a universal biohazard symbol.

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The Biohazard Warning Symbol: In pursuit of something memorable and meaningless.

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Dow Chemical Company. Biohazard Research and Development Team, and Dow Chemical Company. “Biohazard Warning Symbol,” 1960–1969. Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box Safety 00360, Folder 00342F11. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/5qjozoi.

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