toxicology exam 3

Question 1

• what does occupational toxicology deal with?
• what does the major focus involve?
• it is under the auspice of _____
• exposure limits of ____ is periodically re-evaluated.

Answer 1

• exposure to chemicals found in the workplace.
• major focus involves:

Question 2

what is ecotoxicology?

Answer 2

• deals with the effect of agents on populations and communities of living organisms.

Question 3

• what is environmental toxicology?
• what is FAO?
• what is WHO?
• what is JECFA?
• what do they evaluate?

Answer 3

• this deals with the potentially deleterious impact of chemicals on living organisms.
• FAO- food and agriculture organization
• WHO- world health organization
• JECFA- Joint FAO/WHO expert committee on food additives
• together they establish and evaluate the ADI- acceptable daily intake for chemicals- this is the level of daily ingestion that appears to be without risk.