Chemicals & Human Health Toxicology Problem Set: Student Sheet Directions 1.

Answer the pre-questions (circle the answer in the Pre-Questions column). 2. Go to the website www.biology.arizona.edu/chh and click on the link to the Toxicology Problem Set. 3. Write the correct answer in the column labeled Correct Answer. All of the answers can be found in the Toxicology Problem Set. 4. Explain the correct answer.

Pre-Questions

CorrectAnswer

Explain

1.Which statement is most correct?

B natural and human made chemicals

2.One of the items below is a hazardous substance. Four are sources of a hazardous substances. Which one is a hazardous substance?

E dust mite parts

Both natural and human-made chemicals are potentially toxic to Humans because they can both cause great harm to humans and other living things. Many people might end up being allergic to these dust mite parts. The source is dust mites. Animal dander comes from household pets while tobacco smoke comes from lighted cigarettes.
If a toxic chemical or something is going to effect a person or another living thing, it must enter the body not just be in the same area as it. DDT gets stored in fats in the body because, depending on the substance, it can be water soluble if it isnt a lipid. But since it is a lipid, it gets stored in the body for a long time.

3.Which of the following is not a possible route of entry for a hazard?

C exposure

4. When DDT, a pesticide,

D stored in fat tissue

enters the human body, it is ______________________

Who took the largest dosage of aspirin?

D A Chihuahua

Which will NOT help you determine the dose of a hazardous gas received by a person?

C the source of the gas.

Most hazardous substances exhibit a "dose-response relationship." What does this mean?

A the effects of the toxin increases as the dose amount increases.

B the baby. A family home has a clogged furnace that is producing carbon monoxide, a hazardous gas. Which family member is likely to be harmed the most? All of the people listed below D the teenage daughter with asthma. live in the same house. Who is most likely to experience toxic effects from the second-hand smoke? B diluting the hazard

300mg/125 lbs. 600mg/135 lbs. 100mg/20 lbs. 50mg/ 5 lbs. The source of the gas will obviously not determine the dose of a hazardous gas, merely the type of toxic chemical it is. Knowing the source can help you find out how to prevent and reduce the chemical from further release. The dose response curve is the relationship between the amount of the hazard entering the body and the amount of harm it causes. A typical dose response curve looks like this one for the chemical alcohol. The baby is the youngests and the smallest and more likely to respond strongly to the hazaroud gas. The baby also spends most of the time at home along with the mother. The teen daughter isnt he youngest and smallest in the household yet she is most likely to experience toxic effects from second-hand smoke because she has asthma and in a weak state concerning her lungs and what she breaths in. To control or reduce the exposer of a chemical you really do, as your first choice, want to distance yourself from the hazardous substance. But if you cant, you want to reduce its concentration by opening a window perhaps in a room full of smokers.

There are several ways to control or reduce your exposure to a hazard. Opening a window in a room full of people who are smoking is an example of controlling your exposure to environmental tobacco smoke by __________________. Which environmental health scientist would determine

C an industrial hygienist

A toxicologist would know how hazards harm the body,

ways to prevent and reduce exposure to Second hand smoke?

pharmacologist know the benefit of chemicals while the epidemiologist knows what health issues occur in different types of people.