Toxic Baby Ted Talk Questions
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, a commonly used preservative in baby care products up
until at least 2004, mimics which hormone? - ANS-estrogen
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, true or false, it is easy to get chemicals into the human
body through the skin? - ANS-true
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, where in the body have baby care product preservatives
been found? - ANS-breast cancer tumors
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, how many additional chemicals are you likely to have in
your body that your grandparents did not or are not likely to have in their bodies? -
ANS-30,000-50,000
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, which of the following chronic childhood diseases have
increased over the past generation? (choose all that apply) - ANS-- genital birth defects
- premature puberty
- asthma
- obesity
- childhood leukemia
- autism
-juvenile diabetes
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, true or false: the fact that humans are now exposed to
many more chemicals during development, and are also now experiencing increases in
many childhood diseases, by itself strongly indicates that these diseases are caused by
the chemicals? - ANS-false
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, what is the largest selling product for the largest
chemical company in the world? - ANS-atrazine
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, atrazine is the number one contaminant of: (choose all
that apply) - ANS-- drinking water
- rain water
- ground water
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, a commonly used preservative in baby care products up
until at least 2004, mimics which hormone? - ANS-estrogen
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, true or false, it is easy to get chemicals into the human
body through the skin? - ANS-true
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, where in the body have baby care product preservatives
been found? - ANS-breast cancer tumors
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, how many additional chemicals are you likely to have in
your body that your grandparents did not or are not likely to have in their bodies? -
ANS-30,000-50,000
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, which of the following chronic childhood diseases have
increased over the past generation? (choose all that apply) - ANS-- genital birth defects
- premature puberty
- asthma
- obesity
- childhood leukemia
- autism
-juvenile diabetes
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, true or false: the fact that humans are now exposed to
many more chemicals during development, and are also now experiencing increases in
many childhood diseases, by itself strongly indicates that these diseases are caused by
the chemicals? - ANS-false
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, what is the largest selling product for the largest
chemical company in the world? - ANS-atrazine
In the Ted talk, The Toxic Baby, atrazine is the number one contaminant of: (choose all
that apply) - ANS-- drinking water
- rain water
- ground water
