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Study Questions and Exercises Define and give examples of the following terms: Heavy metal “Itai-itai byo” Minamata disease Trace metals 2. Compare the three categories of metals shown in Table 6.1. Give an example of a metal from each category. 3. Why is lead contamination a concern for environmental health experts? 4. Name some of the portals of entry into the human body for toxic metals. Describe the methods by which these toxic metals may access specific portals of entry. 5. Give some examples of environmental sources of exposure of populations to toxic heavy metals. 6. Exposure to heavy metals presents a serious hazard to children. Give an example of a heavy metal to which children commonly are exposed in our environment. List the symptoms of exposure to this heavy metal among children. List the long-term effects of this heavy metal on children. 7. State two incidents of mass poisonings of humans that involved arsenic. 8. Provide the following information regarding cadmium: Possible sources of exposure Modes of entry into the body Two major health effects Name of an associated disease 9. Provide the following information regarding chromium: Where it occurs in the environment Its effects on human health Who is Erin Brockovich? 10. What are some of the medical uses of mercury? 11. Provide the following information regarding lead: Sources of exposure in the environment Adverse health effects of exposure to lead 12. Provide the following information regarding nickel: Two uses of nickel Two adverse effects of exposure to nickel 13. Name the metals that are essential for human nutrition. 14. How can you reduce your exposure to copper in tap water? 15. Describe the importance of iron to human health. Describe the side effects of ingesting excessive amounts of iron. 16. List at least three sources of exposure to aluminum. Describe the hypothesized association of aluminum and Alzheimer’s disease.
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