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Big 6 Companies
Pesticides
100
How many workers died on the job in 2012?
What is 4,383 workers died on the job in 2012
100
What does OSHA stand for?
What is: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
100
This company produces the chemical C8 that is shown to cause disease in humans.
What is DuPont?
100
Name one of the two anti-mosquito chemicals that help prevent the spread of West Nile Virus
Duet and DEET
200
An increase in the concentration of a chemical in a biological organism over time.
What is bioaccumulation?
200
Three ways a problem is found for a recalled product.
What is: 1) FDA is alerted by the producing company 2) The FDA finds the problem (through FDA inspections or an outisde report) 3) Center for Disease Control (CDC) notifies FDA
200
This company is responsible for contaminating drinking water supplies in the Midwest.
What is Syngenta?
200
This chemical, used to kill mosquitos, also can kill honey bees and is toxic to fish and aquatic life.
What is Duet. It should be sprayed at night when moquitos are active and bees dormant.
300
What does OSHA do?
What is: Sets and enforces protective workplace safety and health standards. OSHA also provides information, training and assistance to workers and employers. .
300
Amount of PCBs in the Fox River
What is 150,000 lbs or 50,000 ppm?
300
Why is the "Dirty Dozen" more susceptible to pesticides?
What is the thin outer layer that absorbs
300
This major pesticide company was sued for bee deaths.
What is Bayer?
300
The best approach to consuming the least amount of pesticides from fruits and vegetables
What is buy organic produce
400
The three classifications for a recalled product.
What are: 1) Class 1- Product causes serious health hazard or death 2) Class 2- Product causes temporary health problems 3) Class 3- Product unlikely to cause a problem; product violates FDA labeling or manufacturing law
400
Amount of water treated through the Fox River Cleanup Project
What is 3.5 billion gallons?
400
Exposure to some commonly used pesticides caused which invasive species in Australia to become more aggressive while harming the native species?
What is the ant species
400
This company was sued over the Imprelis herbicide that kills trees
What is DuPont?
400
A new research found a link between pesticides and which disease?
What is Parkinson's disease?
500
Nickel, Zinc and Selenium are examples of heavy metals essential for what.
What is human metabolism?
500
How much can you reduce your exposure to pesticides by buying organic versions of the "Dirty Dozen"?
What is 80%
500
Name 3 of the "Big 6" companies
What is Monsanto, BASF, Dow, DuPont, and Syngenta
500
A widely used insecticide that recently caused thousands of bees in Minnesota to die.
What is Fipronil?