Inhaled Contaminants
Ingested Contaminants
Injected Contaminants
Absorbed Contaminants and More
Ways to Protect yourself
100
An odorless and colorless gas released when fuels are burned. It is found in car and vehicle emissions. That’s why being in a closed area with a car running is so dangerous.
Once it’s inhaled, it enters the bloodstream. As blood is pumped through the body, takes over spots within blood cells usually used to transport oxygen. When this happens, cells don’t receive the oxygen they need. The person may eventually fall asleep and can suffocate due to a lack of oxygen to the lungs.
Carbon Monoxide
100
A group of contaminants created by the process of burning. When fuel, wood, trash, or chemicals are burned, dioxins are released into the air and soil. When you eat plants and animals with this in them, they travel through the body and build up in fatty tissue. They can cause skin disorders, immune system disorders, and some types of cancer.
Dioxins
100
Through which organ system do absorbed contaminants enter the body? Where does this contaminant go?
Enters the Skin and goes into the Bloodstream
100
Energy that travels in waves. Some examples of this include light, X-rays, radio waves, and microwaves (short waves that are used in cellphones and microwave ovens to heat food).
There are concerns that exposure to this type of radiation may cause a variety of health issues, including headaches, dizziness, and cancer.
Electromagnetic radiation
100
What are 3 ways to provide medical protection from contamination?
1. Vaccination
2. Anti-Malarial Drugs
3. Antibacterial Creams
200
A natural mineral that is mined and can be used to create insulation. It rarely causes problems if it is left alone, but if it is disturbed and moved around (as it would be during renovations), small particles escape into the air where they can be inhaled. When older buildings are renovated, walls and insulation must be inspected before they are ripped down. Research links inhaling these fibres to an increase in lung cancer
Asbestos
200
Is often used when treating drinking water to kill bacteria and viruses. It reacts with any organic matter in water (decaying matter such as leaves) to create its byproducts. Tap-water sources from shallow surface water, such as ponds or small lakes containing high levels of this organic material, slightly increase the risk for some cancers and for miscarriage
Chlorination by-products
200
When a mosquito bites a person infected with this, pathogens are ingested by the mosquito along with the person’s blood. Later, when the mosquito bites another person, some of these pathogens are mixed with its saliva and injected into the person. These pathogens transmitted through injection contain what disease?
Malaria
200
A chemical insect repellant known to be very effective against tick bites and mosquito bites. Long-term use of high levels of this can cause damage to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Some symptoms include seizures, shaking, and difficulty sleeping and concentrating.
DEET
200
What are 4 ways to provide Non-medical protection from contamination
1. Wearing PPD/PPE (i.e., gloves, swimming/lab goggles)
2. Proper food storage, cooking and cleaning to keep out pathogens
3. Green Cleaners (i.e Greenworks natural cleaners and simple green heady-duty cleaners)
4. Sun protection using sunglasses, hats, umbrellas, long clothing
300
Organisms or germs that can cause illness. The most common types of pathogens are bacteria and viruses. Some of these are inhaled from the air you breathe into the lungs, where they can enter the bloodstream. Examples of diseases caused by inhaled viruses (also called airborne viruses) include chicken pox, influenza (flu), COVID-19, and tuberculosis.
Can be ingested (swallowed i.e salmonella) and inhaled (i.e COVID-19)!
Pathogens
300
Have a chemical coating on them to prevent food from sticking to the metal pot or pan. It is believed that they may release harmful toxins when heated to high temperatures, but more research is needed!
Non-stick Cookware
300
Ticks are small, flightless, insect-like creatures that feed on blood. They play a role in the spread of which type of disease that is transmitted through injection. Can cause fever, exhaustion, headaches, depression, and a circular skin rash around the bite site.
Lyme Disease
300
Ingested or absorbed through the skin into the bloodstream. It can cause cancer, anemia (low red-blood cell count), headaches, stomach aches, seizures, and even death at high enough levels. Lipstick can contain tiny amounts of this. Another source of this is paint, which can absorb this chemical through the skin
Lead
300
Reduce application of this substance on the skin (this substance protects skin from UV radiation from the sun)
Reducing Sunscreen application
400
3 examples of inhaled contaminants
Asbestos, Pathogens and Carbon monoxide
400
A chemical used to make a hard, clear plastic known as "polycarbonate." can be found in a variety of plastic products including reusable water bottles and some older types of baby bottles. There is a risk that traces of this can leach from plastic into liquid, which is a particular concern for infants. The government of Canada suggests avoiding baby bottles with type 7 plastic to prevent any exposure to this contaminant
Bisphenol A
400
This type of pollution does NOT enter the body through inhalation, injection, absorption, or ingestion. Caused from windmills, trucks and cars, dogs barking, and hums coming from lighting. Over time these unwanted noises can cause stress, hypertension, auditory impairment, tinnitus (buzzing or ringing in ears), and sleep disturbances.
Noise Pollution
400
If this chemical ends up in landfills, it can contaminate the soil and water. Small amounts are contained in fish, mascara, fluorescent light bulbs and hats in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Symptoms of poisoning include troubles with speech, auditory perception, vision, and balance.
Mercury
400
Avoiding ingesting it by reducing amount of ---- that is eaten, not microwaving ---- or using ------ pans
Avoiding ingesting it by reducing amount of fish that is eaten, not microwaving plastic or using non-stick pans
500
Describe the system of the human body that inhaled contaminants affects and the pathway that a particle of asbestos would take to move through this system
1. Into nose and mouth
2. Down trachea
3. Into Bronchi
4. Into Bronchioles
5. May cross into the blood vessels surrounding the alveoli
500
Name all 5 ingested environmental contaminants.
1. Dioxins
2. Chlorination by-products
3. Non-stick cookware
4. Bisphenol A
5. Pathogens
500
What are the 4 ways that environmental contaminants can enter the body?
1. Inhalation
2. Ingestion
3. Absorption
4. Injection
500
Name the 3 absorbed environmental contaminants
DEET
Lead
Mercury
500
Minimize exposure to plastic products that have ----- and limiting anything that has ------- or ------- to it (i.e. hand cream, shampoos, soaps)
Minimize exposure to plastic products that have Bisphnol A (grade 7 plastic) and limiting anything that has color or odour to it (i.e. hand cream, shampoos, soaps etc.)