Monday February 23

Here is the presentation for Chapter 18. I will review this material in class on Monday. Below is the reading guide. Please have this read and completed this week. Friday (2/27) is going to be an article day. Please find an article about toxic substances (within a year), read and be ready to discuss.


Chapter 18 Reading Guide
Vocabulary

• DNA
• PCB's
• chromosomes
• actual risk
• acute effects
• dose-response curve
• threshold level
• chronic effects
• antagonism
• asbestos
• bioaccumulation
• biomagnification
• birth defect
• cancer & carcinogen
• tumor
• mutation 
• mutagen
• synergistic response
• tetragen
• tradable permits

Concepts

• Definition of toxins
• pathways of exposure
• categories of risk
• cancer
• birth defects
• mutagens
• endocrine disruptors
• Measuring exposures
• Ecosystem measures
• Federal Response
• Market Controls
• Multimedia (Integrated) Pollution Management
• Risk Assessment
• Space-Time Valuation Models

Legislation

• Wow- look at page 389