Toxicology

6. Chemicals that interfere w/ the development of embryos or fetuses.
8. The amount of a harmful substance that is absorbed
10. studies: A study that monitors people previously exposed to environmental hazards.
12. The lethal dose of a chemical that kills 50 percent of the individuals in a dose-response study.
15. interaction: A situation in which two risks together cause more harm than expected based on the separate effects of each risk alone.
17. study: An experiment that exposes organisms to an environmental hazard for a long duration.
18. study: A study that Monitor people exposed to hazards in the future
21. The study of the adverse effects of chemicals on health.
22. The amount of damage a harmful substance does to health
24. of the 5 chemicals of major concern: Lead
26. Chemicals that causes cancer

1. four types of hazards: Cultural, Chemical, Physical, and Biological.
2. study: An experiment that exposes organisms to an environmental hazard for a long duration.
3. The potential of a substance to cause harm to living organisms.
4. source pollution: Pollution that is easy to identify and comes from a single place
5. source pollution: Pollution that is harder to identify and comes from many different places
7. studies: A study that exposes organisms to different amounts of a chemical and observes the variety of possible responses, including mortality or changes in behavior or production.
9. A measure of how harmful a substance is.
11. Chemicals that disrupts our nervous system.
13. Chemicals that causes allergic reactions.
14. Metals: A group of chemicals that pose serious health threats to humans and other organisms.
16. effect: Effect that has a permanent or long-lasting consequence.
19. disruptors: Chemicals that interfere with the function of hormones.
20. effect: Effect that has an immediate or rapid negative reaction.
23. The possibility of suffering from harm or hazard that can cause injury, disease, economics loss or environmental damage.
25. assessment: Estimating human health risks using data and models.