Hard metals

Question 1

What causes fibrosis of the lungs?

Answer 1

Silica

Question 2

What abuse drug causes respiratory depression + endocardidtis

Answer 2

Opiates

Question 3

Mineral dusts (coal dust, silica, asbestos, beryllium) cause?

Answer 3

Pneumonconioses

Question 4

What are 2 types of organic solvents and what do they cause?

Answer 4

Chloroform + carbon tetrachloride

CNS depression + coma

Question 5

What does cadmidium posioning cause?

Answer 5

renal tubular damage + skeletal abnormalities associated with calcium loss

Question 6

Chronic aspirin posioning causes?

Answer 6

Analgesic nephropathy, hearing problems

Question 7

Radon gas is a form of?

Answer 7

Uranium

Question 8

Nitrosamines + nitrosamides cause?

Answer 8

Gastric carcinoma

Question 9

Acetaminophen poisoning causes?

Answer 9

Acute liver failure, centrilobular necrosis

Question 10

What disease is from cadmium posioning?

Answer 10

Itai-Itai

Japan - osteoporosis + osteomalcia

Question 11

What causes heart disease?

Answer 11

CO + lead

Question 12

Asbestosis causes?

Answer 12

Mesothelioma

(ferrunginous bodies)

Question 13

Tachycardia, HTN, and peripheral vasoconstriction are caused by?

Answer 13

Cocaine

Question 14

Where is cadmium found?

Answer 14

plants = food

mining

Question 15

Hyperpigmentation + hyperkeratosis

Answer 15

Arsenic

Question 16

What causes chloracne (dermatitis)? Who got this after poisoning?

Answer 16

Dioxins + PCBs

Viktor Yushenko

Question 17

What amount of radiation hits the brain and is 100% lethal?

Answer 17

>50 Sv

Question 18

What outdoor pollutant causes decreased lung function + lung inflammation + decreased exercise capacity and is largely mediated by free radicals?

Answer 18

Ozone

Question 19

What is the usual dosage for radiation? Causes hair loss, vomiting

Answer 19

2-10 Sv

Question 20

Where is arsenic found?

Answer 20

Naturually in soil + water

Question 21

If you smoke + are on oral contraceptives what can you get?

Answer 21

hepatic adenoma (benign)

Question 22

Aflatoxin causes?

Answer 22

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Question 23

High animal fat + low fiber causes?

Answer 23

colon cancer

Question 24

What causes COPD?

Answer 24

cadmium

Question 25

Which drug deposits in skin and causes blue/gray discoloration/rash?

Answer 25

Antibiotic minocycline

Question 26

Mercury causes what disease?

Answer 26

Minamata disease --\> major CNS damage

Question 27

What causes leukemia?

Answer 27

Benzene

Question 28

Male + female infertility/stillbirths are caused by?

Answer 28

Lead

Question 29

What positively correlates to breast cancer?

Answer 29

Total dietary fat

Question 30

Lichtenberg figures are from what?

Answer 30

Lightning strikes

Question 31

Vit. C + E + B carotenes + selenium =

Answer 31

Anti-carcinogenic from anti-oxidant properties

Question 32

What causes liver angiosarcoma?

Answer 32

Vinyl chloride

Question 33

Pet dander, fungi, molds are types of?

Answer 33

Bioaresols

Question 34

Mercury + lead + arsenic cause:

Answer 34

Peripheral neuropathies

Question 35

Why is sulfur dioxide more dangerous than ozone?

Answer 35

It combines w/ ozone + particulate matter (witches brew) and causes burning sensation in nose + throat and difficulty breathing. SD is found inpower plants, paper mills

Question 36

Which outdoor pollutant causes increased respiratory symptoms + mortality in COPD patients and increased hospitalilations in asthma?

Answer 36

Sulfur Dioxide

Question 37

Malignant hyperthermia = what gene?

Answer 37

RYR1

Question 38

What causes lung cancer?

Answer 38

Radon, asbestos, silica

Question 39

What constitues hypothermia?

Answer 39

Body temp less than 90

Question 40

Benzene posioning causes what?

Answer 40

Bone marrow aplasia --\> acute myeloid leukemia

Question 41

What is the definition of particulate matter (soot)?

Answer 41

Fine or ultrafine particles less than 10 um in diameter.

Question 42

What bacteria virtually colonizes all burns?

Answer 42

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 43

Pesticides like DDT + PCBs + dioxin do what?

Answer 43

Disrupt hormonal balance

Question 44

How do you get mercury posioning?

Answer 44

Fish or mercury vapors in dental amalgams?

Question 45

Ataxic gait + renal toxicity are caused by?

Answer 45

Mercury

Question 46

Rash around eyes, nose, anus Anorexia

Answer 46

Zinc deficiency

Question 47

Goiter and hypothyroidism

Answer 47

Iodine deficiency