Name that Toxicologist
Author best known for their book, The Silent Spring.
Who is Rachel Carson?
Aflatoxins, the most potent human liver carcinogen, is found in what common food item?
This regulatory agency proposed classifying human carcinogens based on the weight of evidence criteria.
What is the environmental protection agency?
This toxicant was improperly disposed of in the Minamata Bay, Japan, resulting in a disease known as the Minamata Disease.
What is methylmercury?
Paracelsus's famous phrase
What is "the dose makes the poison"?
Grandfather of Toxicology
Who is Paracelsus?
This natural compound in apples and apricot seeds release cyanide.
What is amygdalin?
This legislation was passed in the 1970s to give the EPA authority to require reporting, record-keeping, testing requirements, and restrictions relating to chemical substances.
What is the toxic substances control act?
The water in Flint, Michigan, was contaminated with this contaminant, leading to years of health problems.
What is lead?
What is Persian?
Creator of a widely employed method that uses bacteria to test whether a given chemical can cause mutations in the DNA of the test organism
Who is Bruce Ames?
Aristolochic acid, correlated with urothelial cancer, is the naturally occurring compound in.
What is wheat?
This supreme court ruling stated that US federal courts must defer to an agency's interpretation of environmental law.
What was the Chevron Deference?
This herbicide mixture was used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam water.
Hippocrates is said to found what type of toxicology?
What is clinical toxicology?
UCR Faculty who previously served as a Jefferson Science Fellow in the US State Department.
Who is David Eastmond?
Melitttin is a commonly found toxin in what flying species?
What are bees or wasps?
This is known as the legal threshold limit for substance amounts in public water systems.
What is the maximum contaminant level?
Freon-12 is one of the first type of this compound to be developed to be used in refrigerators and air conditioners.
What are chlorofluorocarbons?
Percival Pott made a connection between what toxicant and disease?
What is soot and scrotal cancer?
Founding editor of the first textbook of toxicology.
Who is John Doull?
This element has been a rising concern among many of our friends found in the sea.
What is mercury?
This collaboration between the EPA, NIEHS, NCATS, and FDA aims to generate data on the growing number of pharmaceuticals, drugs, and chemicals being found.
What is TOX21?
This toxic metabolite can cause blindness after improper ethanol distillation
What is Methanol?
This alkaloid was previously used by women in ancient Roman times to dilate their pupils.
What is atropine?