Name that Toxicologist!
This author, known for The Silent Spring, sparked the modern environmental movement
Who is Rachel Carson?
This drug, released in the 1950s to treat morning sickness, is a teratogen
What is thalidomide?
This 1963 law requires the EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
What is the Clean Air Act?
This chemical led to the book, The Silent Spring
What is DDT?
This is the location of the Superfund site
What is Jurupa Valley, California?
This gnome enthusiast was the father of toxicology
Who is Paracelsus?
This herbicide, specific to lung tissue, overwhelms cellular anti-oxidative mechanisms
What is paraquat?
This 1987 international treaty was designed to protect the Earth's ozone layer
What is the Montreal Protocol?
This heavy metal caused itai-itai disease in Japan in 1912
What is cadmium?
The number of contamination zones for the Superfund site
What is four?
This UCR Emiritus Faculty investigated Chromium III genotoxicity
Who is David Eastmond?
This contaminant, while safe in rats, undergoes mitochondiral bioactivation and is neurotoxic to humans
What is MPTP?
This 1980 EPA program identifies, cleans, and restores contaminated sites
What is Superfund?
This fibrous mineral, used in Kent Micronite filter cigarettes, causes mesothelioma
What is asbesthos?
The active period for unrestricted dumping at the Superfund site
What is 1956 to 1972?
This toxicologist was a co-editor for the first modern toxicology textbook
Who is John Doull?
This compound, toxic to fish, inhibits mitochondrial complex I and stops ATP synthesis
What is rotenone?
This 1974 law authorizes the EPA to set minimum standards for drinking water quality
What is the Safe Drinking Water Act?
This is the brand name of the first chlorofluorocarbon in 1928, most destructive to the ozone layer
What is Freon-12?
This is the volume of liquid waste disposed in evaporation ponds at the Superfund site
What is 34 million gallons?
This UCR faculty, former head of the Division of Toxicology, studied organophosphate toxicity
Who is T. Roy Fukuto?
This natural furanocoumarin, found in grapefruits, inhibits CYP3A4 and reduces drug metabolism
What is bergamottin?
This 2025 Supreme Court case ruled that the EPA must give specific instructions to cities on handling water quality
What is City and County of San Francisco v. EPA?
PG&E dumped this contaminant in Hinkley, CA's groundwater, causing respiratory cancer
What is chromium VI?
These two environmental toxicants are found in all Superfund zones
What are VOCs and perchlorate?