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General Info
Types of Pesticides
Symptoms of Pesticide Poisoning
Biomagnification & DDT
100
What is 1 thing pesticides are used to kill?
What is ants/roaches or weeds.
100
What do insecticides kill, control, or repel?
What is Insects.
100
What kind of symptom is eye, nose, throat, or skin irritation?
What is Mild.
100
DDT was the ____ pesticide.
What is First.
200
What is a substance that can be used to kill, control, and/or repel pests?
What is Pesticides.
200
What do herbicides kill, control, or repel?
What is weeds.
200
Name 1 mild symptom.
What is eye, nose, throat, or skin irritation, weakness and fatigue, sweating, thirst, or nausea.
200
What is bioaccumulation?
what is toxins growing in organisms over time.
300
Although pesticides are associated with ____ people continue to use them.
What is Health Risks.
300
What do bactericides kill, control, or repel?
What is Bacteria.
300
Name 1 Moderate symptom.
What is vomiting, excessive salivation, blurred vision, muscular in-coordination, or mental confusion.
300
Why was DDT was banned?
What is it thinned Bald Eagle egg shells.
400
Do pesticides always have a smell?
What is no.
400
What do larvicides kill, control, or repel?
What is Larvae.
400
Name 1 Severe symptom.
What is Inability to breathe, small or pinpoint pupils, burns on skin, uncontrollable muscle twitching, or Death.
400
If a girl before puberty was exposed to DDT in the middle ages what could she get later in life?
What is Breast Cancer.
500
85% of people keep at least ___ pesticide in their home.
What is 1.
500
What are the two kinds of pesticides people use?
What is Man-Made and Organic.
500
What is the worst possible outcome of Pesticide poisoning?
What is death.
500
In biomagnification higher concentrations of chemicals are found ___ in the food chain.
What is Higher.