Toxicology Review

bacteria in food

• Asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer

• gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning

• nerve damage, birth defects, and cancer

• black lung disease

• brain damage and learning problems

coal dust from a mine

• Asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer

• gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning

• nerve damage, birth defects, and cancer

• black lung disease

• brain damage and learning problems

lead poisoning

• Asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer

• gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning

• nerve damage, birth defects, and cancer

• black lung disease

• brain damage and learning problems

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particulates

• Asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer

• gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning

• nerve damage, birth defects, and cancer

• black lung disease

• brain damage and learning problems

pesticides

• Asthma, bronchitis, and lung cancer

• gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning

• nerve damage, birth defects, and cancer

• black lung disease

• brain damage and learning problems

Two diseases that can be caused directly by pollution are

• measles and tuberculosis

• lead poisoning and lung cancer

• cholera and river blindness

• colds and flu

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Toxicology is the study of the harmful effects of

• substances on organisms

• viruses on organisms

• pollutants on the environment

• antibiotics on viruses

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After an outbreak of an illness, scientists use epidemiology to try to find

• the origin of the disease

• how the disease spreads

• how to prevent the disease from spreading

• all of these answers

Naturally occurring pollutants can become hazardous when they are

• introduced into food

• introduced into water

• above normal levels

• used by industry

Vehicles burning fuel add what pollutants to air?

• carbon monoxide and other particulates

• organophosphates and other particulates

• carbon monoxide and organophosphates

• radon and heavy metals