Forensic Toxicology

This type of exposure involves the digestive system:

• Inhaling

• Injecting

• Absorbing

• Ingesting

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

The __________________________was created in 1959 to be responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products.

• DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency)

• DHS (Department of Homeland Security)

• FDA (Food and Drug Administration)

• FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

This type of exposure involves the respiratory system:

• Inhaling

• Injecting

• Absorbing

• Ingesting

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

This type of exposure involves drug/toxin directly into the bloodstream:

• Inhaling

• Injecting

• Ingesting

• Absorbing

Although poisoning is popular in murder mysteries and detective stories, it is:

• a common form of murder.

• not a common form of murder.

• a common form of suicide.

• a common form of manslaughter.

Acute poisoning is due to:

• a high dose over a short period of time.

• a low dose over a long period of time.

• a low dose over a short period of time.

• none of these choices.

The degree to which a substance is harmful to a given person at a given time is its

• Tolerance

• Dependency

• Toxicity

• Addiction

A component of the waste product of the manufacture of castor oil from castor beans is ___________.

• Arsenic

• Dieldrin

• Ricin

• Glyphosate mixture

Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was killed in 1978 by:

• Cyanide

• Ricin

• Arsenic

• Radiation

A person who builds up a tolerance to a drug no longer experiences any side effects.

• True

• False