quiz 4

What government agency regulates new chemicals and determines how much harm is acceptable to humans, animals, and the environment?

Environmental protection agency

What government agency established the office of child care protection to increase its studies on the welfare of children?

Environmental protection agency

Air quality index of 162 correlates to which level of health concern?

Unhealthy

Radon is normally linked to what specific type of cancer?

Lung cancer

What is the result of the interaction of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide in the atmosphere?

Acid rain

What disease has not been linked to the use of home and pet insecticides?

Cerebral palsy

High levels of what chemical are associated with chloracne, a distinctive form of acne?

Dioxin

What is the normal blood level of lead in humans?

0

How does the body typically rid itself of arsenic?

Urination

Toxic levels of what heavy metal in the vaccinations of children was linked by the public to autism?

Mercury

White finger disease is caused by which factor?

Vibration

Elevated core temperature of more than ___ is indicative of an exertional heat stroke.

104 F

What is characterized by a chronic condition with symptoms that recur reproducibly in response to low levels of exposure to a wide variety of chemicals found in everyday substances?

Multiple chemical sensitivity

What is least likely to be caused by neurotoxins?

Unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome

What is the term for the phenomenon of continuing clinical progression of neurologic deficits after the removal of the offending toxin?

Coasting

What was not a common cause of occupation injuries and disease in 2010 in the US?

Neurotoxicity

What two national boards offer certification as an ergonomist practitioner?

The board of certified professional ergonomists and oxford research institute

What disorder accounts for more days away from work than any other workplace injury?

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Liver cancer is associated with what type of substance/ chemical manufacturing process?

arsenic

All clients with what condition are to be treated as if latex allergic?

Myelomeningocele