VIBS 422 Exam Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions |
Latest 2026 Update
Q: What chemicals are women exposed to from tampons?
Answer:
dioxins and furans (from Cl bleaching process), pesticide residues, unknown
fragrance chemicals (phthalates and others)
Q: What fatal condition is associated with tampon usage?
Answer:
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Q: What causes endometriosis?
Answer:
tampons inducing retrograde menstruation
Q: The use of tampons increases the risk of developing what condition?
Answer:
endometriosis
Q: Name 5 formaldehyde releasing chemicals.
Answer:
diazolidinyl urea, DMDM hydantoin, polyoxymethylene urea, quaternium-15,
2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol
Q: What EDC is found in tampons or pads used to mas odors?
Answer:
phthalates
Q: What EDC is present in pads and tampons as a result of the bleaching
process?
Answer:
dioxins
Q: What heavy metal is released during the bleaching process of pads and
tampons?
,Answer:
mercury
Q: What chemical is often found in the cotton used to make pads and tampons?
Answer:
glyphosate
Q: One study found that % of non-organic tampons contained .
Answer:
85, glyphosate
Q: What is the synthetic ingredient made from sawdust in tampons that is most
closely associated with toxic shock syndrome?
Answer:
Rayon
Q: What are the chemicals "hiding" inside feminine pads?
Answer:
acetones, styrene, chloromethane, chloroethane
Women who use chemical hair straighteners and relaxers may have a higher risk of
.
- uterine cancer
Q: What chemicals are found in hair straighteners?
Answer:
phthalates, parabens, cyclosiloxanes, and metals, can release formaldehyde when
heated
Q: What EDC is found in products that create suds?
Answer:
1,4-dioxane
Q: 1,4-dioxane is generated through what process?
Answer:
ethoxylation
Q: What is ethoxylation?
, Answer:
the process in which ethylene oxide is added to other chemicals to make them less
harsh [sodium laurel sulfate (harsh) + ethylene oxide = sodium laureth sulfate (less
harsh) + 1,4-dioxane]
Q: What chemical is included on CA's Proposition 65 list of chemicals known or
suspected to cause cancer or birth defects?
Answer:
1,4-dioxane
Q: T/F: 1,4-dioxane is considered a human carcinogen by the US EPA.
Answer:
true
Q: What chemical is found in nail polish that makes them hard?
Answer:
acrylates (ethyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, and methyl methacrylate)
Q: Workers in acrylic sheet manufacturing factories have an increased risk of due
to exposure to .
Answer:
colorectal cancer, methyl methacrylate
Q: Orthopedic surgeons had and due to exposure to which class of EDCs?
Answer:
increased cancer mortality and younger age at death, acrylates
Q: What is the only safe ingredient in sunscreen?
Answer:
zinc oxide
Q: What are FRP's?
Answer:
Formaldehyde Releasing Preservatives, chemicals designed to release
formaldehyde slowly and constantly over time to act as a preservative
Q: Formaldehyde is intentionally added to some products, such as .
Latest 2026 Update
Q: What chemicals are women exposed to from tampons?
Answer:
dioxins and furans (from Cl bleaching process), pesticide residues, unknown
fragrance chemicals (phthalates and others)
Q: What fatal condition is associated with tampon usage?
Answer:
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Q: What causes endometriosis?
Answer:
tampons inducing retrograde menstruation
Q: The use of tampons increases the risk of developing what condition?
Answer:
endometriosis
Q: Name 5 formaldehyde releasing chemicals.
Answer:
diazolidinyl urea, DMDM hydantoin, polyoxymethylene urea, quaternium-15,
2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol
Q: What EDC is found in tampons or pads used to mas odors?
Answer:
phthalates
Q: What EDC is present in pads and tampons as a result of the bleaching
process?
Answer:
dioxins
Q: What heavy metal is released during the bleaching process of pads and
tampons?
,Answer:
mercury
Q: What chemical is often found in the cotton used to make pads and tampons?
Answer:
glyphosate
Q: One study found that % of non-organic tampons contained .
Answer:
85, glyphosate
Q: What is the synthetic ingredient made from sawdust in tampons that is most
closely associated with toxic shock syndrome?
Answer:
Rayon
Q: What are the chemicals "hiding" inside feminine pads?
Answer:
acetones, styrene, chloromethane, chloroethane
Women who use chemical hair straighteners and relaxers may have a higher risk of
.
- uterine cancer
Q: What chemicals are found in hair straighteners?
Answer:
phthalates, parabens, cyclosiloxanes, and metals, can release formaldehyde when
heated
Q: What EDC is found in products that create suds?
Answer:
1,4-dioxane
Q: 1,4-dioxane is generated through what process?
Answer:
ethoxylation
Q: What is ethoxylation?
, Answer:
the process in which ethylene oxide is added to other chemicals to make them less
harsh [sodium laurel sulfate (harsh) + ethylene oxide = sodium laureth sulfate (less
harsh) + 1,4-dioxane]
Q: What chemical is included on CA's Proposition 65 list of chemicals known or
suspected to cause cancer or birth defects?
Answer:
1,4-dioxane
Q: T/F: 1,4-dioxane is considered a human carcinogen by the US EPA.
Answer:
true
Q: What chemical is found in nail polish that makes them hard?
Answer:
acrylates (ethyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, and methyl methacrylate)
Q: Workers in acrylic sheet manufacturing factories have an increased risk of due
to exposure to .
Answer:
colorectal cancer, methyl methacrylate
Q: Orthopedic surgeons had and due to exposure to which class of EDCs?
Answer:
increased cancer mortality and younger age at death, acrylates
Q: What is the only safe ingredient in sunscreen?
Answer:
zinc oxide
Q: What are FRP's?
Answer:
Formaldehyde Releasing Preservatives, chemicals designed to release
formaldehyde slowly and constantly over time to act as a preservative
Q: Formaldehyde is intentionally added to some products, such as .
