Widely dispersed in the environment and arise from both natural and man-made sources

Toxic metal that is known for the potential to harm children's development

Exposure to this heavy metal is of special concern to women who are pregnant, nursing, or may become pregnant so they are told to limit seafood intake

These fish contain particularly high levels of mercury

Most common sources of exposure to toxic metals

Which of the following is a metal with potential for toxicity if ingested in excessive amounts?

Most medical cases involving highly toxic metals like arsenic and lead are this type

High-levels of exposure leading to rapid onset of symptoms

Acute poisoning often has this symptom

Copper from cookware may leach into food at high levels. This causes

Acutely poisonous, found naturally in soil and water, used in pesticides

The form of chromium that is toxic and causes a wide range of health effects

Associate withe melanosis, a condition in which skin darkens all over the body

Found in all soils and rocks, occurs as a mineral in combination with other elements like oxygen.

Was used medically to treat syphilis

Associated with itai-itai disease

Occupational exposure occurs from production of batteries, zinc smelting, metal factories

Over time, chronic exposure to a toxic metal can lead to its buildup in the body

Extracted from cinnabar ore

poisoning with this metal is one of the most common environmental pediatric health problems in the US

Excessive amounts can lead to affects in blood-forming organs, biochemical processes, and endocrine system

Increased concentration (in ppm) as a substance moves up the food chain

Which of the following is NOT on CERCLA's priority list of hazardous substances?

Which of the following is NOT an essential metal with potential for toxicity?

Which of the following is NOT considered when selecting substances for the CERCLA priority list?

If portal of entry is via mouth, which symptoms are MOST likely?

If portal of entry is lungs, which symptoms are MOST likely?

Which metals can cross the placental barrier?

What organisms end up with the highest levels of mercury?

Lead exposure to children can lead to

What is the danger in eating some fish from lakes or ocean?

What is it called when a persistent pollutant (like mercury or PCBs) builds up in the tissues of an organism as they continue to eat something that contains the pollutant

Associated with Minamata disease

Associate with the transport of oxygen in the body - too little leads to anemia

Used in various antacids, vaccines, and deodorant

Which toxic substance can be found in the water of buildings with old plumbing systems?

Which toxic substance is often released during the manufacturing of cement?

What is Lead used for?

One of the most common child poisoning metals?

Used in batteries

Used in various medicines and cosmetics

When concentration increases as trophic level increases, this is called

Any waste that is a risk to the health of humans or other living things

This type of heavy metal poisoning is one of the oldest occupational and environmental disease in the world.

Itai - Itai disease causes

Known also as Superfund. It was passed in 1980 in response to some alarming and decidely unacceptable hazardous waste practices and management going on in the 1970s.

When cleaning up a Superfund site, engineers might

Choose the correct vocabulary term.

the technologies that use living plants to clean up soil, air, and water contaminated with hazardous contaminants

It is the direct use of living green plants for in situ (in place) removal, degradation, or containment of contaminants in soils, sludges, sediments, surface water and groundwater.