Deck 20: A Clean Environment

Question 1

Which of the following is believed to be the single most important environmental threat to the health of American children who may be exposed to it?

A) Mercury
B) Lead
C) Radon
D) Ozone

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Infants born to Yusho and Yu-cheng mothers were small at birth and had dark discoloration of the skin that faded after a few months, leading to what nickname?

A) Coal babies
B) Caramel babies
C) Coca-Cola babies
D) Cocoa babies

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following was the first environmentally caused cancer to be recognized from an occupational exposure that was common in 19^th century English chimney sweeps?

A) Leukemia
B) Lung cancer
C) Pancreatic cancer
D) Scrotal cancer

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Because people live together in cities and suburbs, they do not have to rely on other to provide their food and water and to dispose of their wastes.

Question 5

Environmental health is clearly the responsibility of the government.

Question 6

Today, medical and dental x-rays constitute the largest source of non-background radiation exposure.

Question 7

The use of DDT was banned in the United States in 1972.

Question 8

General Electric plants were found in 1975 to have contaminated the Hudson River with precursors of DDT.

Question 9

The most widespread chemical contaminants in the world are PCBs, which can be used in the production of sealed electrical components.

Question 10

Animal waste from factory farms are collected in lagoons for separation of liquid components.

Question 11

When heavy rains strike areas with CAFOs, the manure in lagoons may be washed out into lakes and rivers, causing serious problems.

Question 12

__________________ is an environmental health hazard that people tend to worry about only when it is artificially produced.

Question 13

Water polluted by factory farms contains high levels of ________________, which has been linked to spontaneous abortions and "blue-baby syndrome" which can kill infants.

Question 14

whats the occupational exposure to the appropriate carcinogen.
-Caused bladder cancer in dye factory workers

Question 15

whats the occupational exposure to the appropriate carcinogen.
-Caused lung and lymphatic cancer in copper smelter

Question 16

whats the occupational exposure to the appropriate carcinogen.
-Causes angiosarcoma, a rare cancer of the liver

Question 17

whats the occupational exposure to the appropriate carcinogen.
-Causes mesothelioma almost exclusively among workers

Question 18

whats the piece of legislation to the appropriate description.
-Empowered the federal government to set standards for workers' exposure to toxic substances

Question 19

whats the piece of legislation to the appropriate description.
-Allowed the government to require testing of potentially hazardous substances before they go on the market and to ban them in certain instances

Question 20

whats the piece of legislation to the appropriate description.
-Requires government approval before insecticides, fungicides, and rodenticides can be used

Question 21

whats the piece of legislation to the appropriate description.
-Required the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a list of industrial pollutants that can cause serious health damage and set emission standards for them

Question 22

In the mid-1890s, the discovery of which of the following aroused great public excitement and led to extensive human exposures before the danger was recognized?

A) Gamma rays
B) X-rays
C) Natural radioactive materials
D) Radon gas

Question 23

A scandal surrounding medication containing what radioactive material led to the strengthening of the powers of the Food and Drug Administration to regulate patent medicines as well as specific limitations on radioactive materials.

A) Uranium
B) Palladium
C) Polonium
D) Radium

Question 24

Which of the following interferes with testosterone synthesis in males, causing low sperm count and abnormalities in the development of male sex organs?

A) Bisphenol A
B) Phthalates
C) Dioxins
D) Furans

Question 25

Archaeological evidence shows that the earliest cities were designed with consideration for the health of their inhabitants.

Question 26

Neurotoxins may be even more insidious than carcinogens because the damage they do may mimic common aspects of aging.

Question 27

Until recently, the public health approach has been to focus on economic factors in seeking risk reduction.

Question 28

The first Earth Day, celebrated in the United States on __________________, marked the beginning of the modern environmental movement with coast-to-coast rallies and teach-ins.

Question 29

Over the past three decades, evidence has accumulated that even low levels of _______________ can slow a child's development and cause learning and behavior problems.

Question 30

Testing for new environmental hazards tends to be a job of the government, in part because it is both expensive and _______________.

Question 31

If you heard that several members of a family living in a house with high levels of radon had cancer, your first guess would be that these were cases of _______________ cancer.

Question 32

The patent medicine containing Radium that led to increased activity by the FDA was called _______________.

Question 33

A 19th century English chimney sweeps had a relatively high probability of dying from _______________ cancer.

Question 34

The first victims of unrecognized chemical hazards tend to be_______________.

Question 35

Whats the appropriate description of the pollutant?
-Recognized in the 19^th century to cause neurological damage in workers who made felt hats

Question 36

Whats the appropriate description of the pollutant?
-Has been causing poisoning since the time of the Roman Empire when it was used as a component in wine casks, cooking pots, and water pipes

Question 37

Whats the appropriate description of the pollutant?
-"The king of poisons" is well known as a common means of homicide through the centuries

Question 38

Whats the appropriate description of the pollutant?
-Fibrous mineral valuable for a variety of uses because of its strength and fire resistance

Question 39

Whats the appropriate description of the chemical?
-Chemicals were used mainly in sealed systems-capacitors, transformers, and heat exchangers-but they were entering the environment through the discharge of industrial wastes

Question 40

Whats the appropriate description of the chemical?
-Are carried to remote regions of the globe, including the Arctic, by air, water, and migratory species

Question 41

Whats the appropriate description of the chemical?
-Found in hard plastics used to make everything from compact discs to baby bottles and linings of soft drink and food cans

Question 42

Whats the appropriate description of the chemical?
-Used to produce soft and flexible materials such as vinyl flooring, shower curtains, and some water bottles