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- 3. diseases that haven't been previously known or have been absent for at least 20 years
- 5. resistance of toxins or viruses via exposure
- 6. a liquid that is used every day, essential for the human body, makes up the majority of the planet, dihydrogen oxide
- 7. the chemical responsible for more problems in embryonic development than any other
- 11. abnormal change in the body's condition that disrupts homeostasis
- 12. area of the water, that is exposed to sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis.
- 13. compound used in Teflon
- 14. 12 of these are banned in the Stockholm Convention
- 15. This type of disease occurs at irregular intervals but at low levels-
- 18. ____ expectancy is the average age a newborn infant can expect to attain.
- 20. the process of storing substances in living tissues
- 22. result of HIV infection
- 24. a special class of metabolic poisons that specifically attack nerve cells.
- 32. ____ effects are long-lasting or permanent
- 33. a type of landscape that requires little and/or no irrigation
- 34. massive river of ice
- 36. public health watchdog agency based in Atlanta, GA
- 37. Any method used to reduce births
- 42. poison
- 43. acronym for the organization that declared coronavirus a pandemic
- 44. the measure of the ability to a substance to cause injury, illnes, or death to a living oganism
- 45. A disease that can be transmitted from one human to another or from animals to humans-
- 46. S shaped curve showing the effect of a toxin
- 51. substances that activate the immune system
- 53. LD50
- 56. __________ diseases - when new diseases spread among wildlife
- 58. DDT and PCBs can act as ______ disupters
- 59. Possibility of suffering harm or loss-
- 60. collection of symptoms
- 62. when two or more agents combine to obtain better effects than they did when they were separate.
- 63. causes mutations, but not like in the X-Men
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- 1. an artificial, synthetic substance used to fight off diseases
- 2. respiratory distress treated with albuterol inhaler
- 4. the dry, leeward side of a mountain range that receives little to no precipitation
- 7. substances reorganized as foriegn by white blood cells nd stimulate the production of specific antibodies
- 8. a characteristic of chemicals banned in the Stockholm Convention
- 9. Patient ______ is the first person to have a disease
- 10. the removal of moisture from something
- 11. disability-adjusted life years
- 13. a disease that is present worldwide
- 16. degree of exposure
- 17. occupational safety and health administration
- 19. concentrations of harmful chemicals in the cells of organisms of higher trophic levels.
- 21. out of control cell growth
- 23. having a balanced ____ influences health
- 25. number of children born to an average woman in a population during her entire reproductive life.
- 26. viral outbreak in 2003
- 27. another name for cowpox
- 28. morning sickness pill that caused the phocomelia birth defect.
- 29. water from the ground
- 30. research institute in Bethesda, MD
- 31. "better safe than sorry" approach
- 32. cancer causing
- 35. chemicals that living organisms use to regulate the development and function of tissues and organs
- 36. also known as water-wheel and circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are watered with sprinklers
- 38. used as electrical insulators, fire retardant materials, pesticides, and as adhesives
- 39. study of health and conditions
- 40. causes birth defects
- 41. SARS or COVID19
- 47. the process of estimating the threat that particular hazards expose to humans
- 48. illness
- 49. a disease causing organism
- 50. long period of dryness that can lead up to water shortages
- 51. ____ effects are sudden and severe, casuing immediate impairment or death
- 52. an organ that helps detoxify toxins within one's body
- 54. state well of -being
- 55. the study of harmful chemicals
- 57. compounds which move rapidly and widely through the environment are most likely water-____________
- 61. mortality