-Chemicals in processed foods

-Synthetic materials

-Cosmetics

-Toiletries

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

-Regulates hazardous materials in the work place

-Tissue damage at the site of entry.

-The chemical can travel through our bloodstream and effect other organs.

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-Our liver is responsible for the inactivation and removal of wastes.

-Often chemicals bypass the liver and accumulate in the body.

-An antiseptic used in hospitals for many years.

-It is absorbed through the skin and after repeated exposure is known to cause brain damage.

-Chemicals used to soften plastics.

-Found in baby bottle caps and toys.

-Put children at risk.

-A hardening agent found in plastics.

-Used in baby bottles and water bottles.

-Mimic the hormone estrogen and act physiolocially within tissues.

Believed to lead to infertility and endocrine-sensitive cancers.

- Damage cell membrane

-Cause swelling of cell

-Lead to rupture of cell

-Alter metabolic pathway

-Cause mutations which lead to cancer.

-A heavy metal found in batteries, piping, and paint.

-Can accumulate in tissues over long-term exposure.

-Stored in bone in the body

-Can vaporize over time

-Hemolytic Anemia (destruction of erythrocytes leading to low hemoglobin levels)

-Lead Colic (inflammation and ulceration of digestive tract)

-Inflammation of the kidney tubules

-Neuritis (inflammation and demyelinationof peripheral nerves)

-Encephalopathy (edema and degeneration on neurons in the brain)

How lead effects children:

(even in low doses)

-Seizures

-Convulsions

-Delayed development

-Intellectual Impairment

-Irreversible brain damage

-By bone defects

-By lead lines in the bones or on the gingiva and gums adjacent to the teeth

-Particulates such as asbestos and silica

-Gases such as Sulfur Dioxide and Ozone

-Solvents such as carbon tetrachloride

-Irritation of the eyes and nose

-Inflammation of the respiratory tract causing pneumonitis

-Inflammation of the liver cells causing hepatic damage

-Factories

-Laboratories

-Mines

-Insecticides

-Aerosols

-Air pollution

-Paints, Glues

-Found in things such as automobile exhaust

-Displaces oxygen from hemoglobin

-Can lead to death during prolonged exposure

-Emphysema

-Bronchitis

-Lung cancer

-bladder cancer

-peptic ulcers

-cardiovascular disease

-infertility

-stillbirth

-low birth weight

-older people

-infants

-cardiac patients

-Heat cramps and muscle spasms caused by a loss of electrolytes.

-Heat Exhaustion with sweating, headache, nausea, and syncope (fainting)

-Heat stroke with shock, coma, and high core body temperature

-Vasodilation

-Vascular occlusion leading to necrosis and gangrene

-Loss of sensation

-Lethargy and Confusion

-Pulse and respirations slow

-Vasoconstriction and increased blood viscosity

-Hypovolemic shock (low blood pressure)

How to treat Hypothermia:

-The sun

-Radioactive Minerals in the soil

-Nuclear reactors

-Diagnostic treatments such as X-ray

-X-rays and Gamma rays

-Protons and Neutrons

Effects cells that undergo rapid mitosis such as epithelial cells, bone marrow, and the gonads. 

DNA is altered causing cross-linkages and mutations

Cancer is often the result of prolonged radiation exposure.

Radiation Sickness

Results from exposure to large amounts of radiation

Damage to bone marrow, digestive tract, and Central Nervous System.

Bone Marrow replacement must be done or victims will die within a few days.

-Direct injection of animal toxin. Ex: Spider bites, snake bites

-Transmission of infectious agents through animal or insect vectors. Ex: Rabies

-Allergic reaction to insect's secretion.  Ex: Bee stings which cause anaphylactic shock

-Part of the normal intestinal flora

-Transmitted by the oral-fecal route

-Can cause gastroenteritis, vomiting, diarrhea

-Also known as "Traveler's Diarrhea"

-Can cause Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) which causes damage to the renal tubules.

Causes dysentery (bloody diarrhea) that is extremely dangerous.

Transmitted primarily through unwashed hands.

A plastic added to food and milk to allow dilution of the food with water.

Reacts as a protein and can go unnoticed.

Can cause acute renal failure and death.