Toxicology Exam quiz and answers
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5 tenets set by Paracelsus - ANS✅✅Toxicon
Experimentation is essential
Distinction between therapeutic and toxic dose
Dose makes the difference
Degree of specificity to be asscertained
Quote by Paracelsus - ANS✅✅"All things are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right
dose differentiates poison from a remedy."
Name 10 fields related to toxicology - ANS✅✅chemistry, biology, biochemistry, ecology, genetics,
statistics, forensics, pharmacology, physiology, botany
Wiley Bill - ANS✅✅1906 - used the poison squad and eventually generated the formation of the
FDA
Delaney Clause - ANS✅✅Carcinogenic chemicals cannot be added to the US food supply
Love Canal - ANS✅✅A company that dumped chemical waste into the water and then sold the
land to an elementary school. A town was built, and chemicals began seeping from the ground
causing health problems. - generated the superfund act
Seveso Italy - ANS✅✅1976 - release of large amounts of dioxon
Viktor Yushchenko - ANS✅✅Example of dioxin poisoning
Elimination rate - ANS✅✅how quickly the substance is eliminated from systemic circulation
Half-life - ANS✅✅time to remove half the concentration from the bloodstream
graded A+
5 tenets set by Paracelsus - ANS✅✅Toxicon
Experimentation is essential
Distinction between therapeutic and toxic dose
Dose makes the difference
Degree of specificity to be asscertained
Quote by Paracelsus - ANS✅✅"All things are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right
dose differentiates poison from a remedy."
Name 10 fields related to toxicology - ANS✅✅chemistry, biology, biochemistry, ecology, genetics,
statistics, forensics, pharmacology, physiology, botany
Wiley Bill - ANS✅✅1906 - used the poison squad and eventually generated the formation of the
FDA
Delaney Clause - ANS✅✅Carcinogenic chemicals cannot be added to the US food supply
Love Canal - ANS✅✅A company that dumped chemical waste into the water and then sold the
land to an elementary school. A town was built, and chemicals began seeping from the ground
causing health problems. - generated the superfund act
Seveso Italy - ANS✅✅1976 - release of large amounts of dioxon
Viktor Yushchenko - ANS✅✅Example of dioxin poisoning
Elimination rate - ANS✅✅how quickly the substance is eliminated from systemic circulation
Half-life - ANS✅✅time to remove half the concentration from the bloodstream
