Assignment:
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.
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Use the text, ToxMystery, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) as resources to provide the necessary details about each toxicant found.
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Toxicant
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Classification of toxicant
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Source
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Location in house or room
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Effect on plants and humans
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Routes of exposure
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Distribution
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Toxic response
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Elimination
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Use the text, ToxMystery, and ATSDR as resources to provide the necessary details about each toxicant found.
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Classification of toxicant
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Routes of exposure
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Distribution
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Toxic response
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Elimination
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- What are main categories of pesticides? Explain
Your answer must be, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format.