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Assignment Two |
After doing lessons four and five, please answer the following questions.
To answer some of the questions you have to visit the links (web sites) on every lesson.
Also, you may used the text book to answer some of the questions. Please answer the questions in MS word, attach your answers
to an e-mail and send it to me. Please be clear and precise, use complete sentences.
- What are emerging infectious diseases? What is the West Nile Virus?
- List some of the new infectious diseases that are emerging and some of the old infectious diseases that are emerging again.
- What is the National Toxicology Program? What is the report Program on Carcinogens?
- What is biomagnification?
- What does chemical interaction mean? Give an example.
- What are Persitent Organic Pollutants? Why are they so dangerous to the environment?
- What are teratogents? Give an example.
- What is the dose response curve? What is threshold?
- Identify and explain the four steps on health risk assessment. (See Chapter 17 of the Textbook).
- What are the health effects cause by asbestos exposure?
- Which population group is the major target for lead poisoning? Why? What preventive measures can be take to avoid lead exposure?
- Which one is more toxic elemental mercury or methyl mecury? What is the Minamata Disease? Where can we find examples of this disease today?
