The distinction between an anxiety disorder and just having normal anxiety is whether your emotions are causing a lot of suffering and dysfunction, says Sally Winston, PsyD, co-director of the Anxiety and Stress Disorder Institute of Maryland in Towson.
Definition - What does Proximate Cause mean? Proximate cause refers to a direct cause of loss, without which the loss would not occur; therefore, it is a highly relevant principle in the insurance industry. For an act or event to be considered a proximate cause, it does not necessarily have to directly precede a loss or begin a chain of occurrences leading to the same.
A chemical that is determined to be hazardous can be either a physical or health. hazard or both in some cases. A chemical that poses a physical hazard is one. which there is scientific evidence that it is a flammable, combustible or explosive. material, compressed gas, organic peroxide or an oxidizer. These are chemicals. that could cause damage to the physical surroundings through fire and/or. explosion.