Assignment
Access the ATSDR website.
Access the Tox Mystery website.
Find products in your home or surroundings that contain the following substances: heavy metals, harmful solvents, volatile organic compounds or vapors, pesticides, and radiation. Be creative in your search; the products can be household items or those that you are exposed to on a daily basis. You must find a total of 10 contaminants. Include at least one contaminant from each category.
Use the University of Phoenix Material: Contaminant Scavenger Hunt Matrix located on the student website to track the following information for each contaminant:
• Classify the contaminant as a heavy metal, harmful solvent, volatile organic compound or vapor, pesticide, or radiation.
• Identify the source or sources of the contaminant.
• Describe how the contaminant affects plants and humans.
• Identify how the contaminant is absorbed--routes of exposure--and distributed--transport.
• Identify the toxic response, or symptoms.
• Describe how the contaminant is eliminated, or detoxification.
Attachment:- Contaminants-Scavenger-Hunt.rar