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    of the same title, which reflects on the most notorious cases between the years of 1918 and 1959 that were handled by Charles Norris, the chief medical examiner for New York City, also known and described by his peers as “the father of forensic toxicology in America,” and Alexander Oscar Gettler, toxicologist with the Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York, such as the fatal radium poisoning of the factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with

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    Assessing the toxicity of PV-coated magnetite nanoparticles and oil to marine estuarine meiobenthic copepods Amphiascus tenuiremis Amjed Alabresm and Jamie Lead* Center for Environmental Nanoscience and Risk (CENR), Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States AUTHOR INFORMATION Corresponding Author E-mail: jlead@mailbox.sc.edu ABSTRACT   INTRODUCTION Oil spills resulting from

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    “The Obligation to endure gives us the right to know.” If we are all humans occupying the same environment, breathing the same air, how are we so oblivious of all the dangerous chemicals the environment and the public is being exposed to. Rachel Carson makes a valid argument because if the public must endure these poisonous chemicals and pollution that are altering the environment, then they have the right to know the great dangers that come along with it. Rachel Carson makes a very valid point in

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    ALPRAZOLAM Alprazolam is used as an anxiolytic drug and it has nonspecific depressant effects on the central nervous system. It’s used orally. It’s absorbed from gastrointestinal tact greater than 80%. Peak plasma levels usually occur within 2 hours. Alprazolam has a high protein bound (80%). Serum albumin accounts for the majority of the binding. It has a small volume of distribution (less than 1.5L/kg). Alprazolam and its metabolites are excreted primarily in the urine. The mean plasma elimination

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    Guinn_ENVM665_M3_GradedAssign 1 & 2. Commercial cheese manufacturing production plant: Chemicals used, routes of exposure, environment/industry specific concerns, and the specific receptors. This information is from my professional background as a cheese maker. a. Quaternary ammonia • Use: Fogging of cheese production area during off hours to inhibit the growth of unwanted molds and bacteria. • Route of exposure: Inhalation • Environment/industry specific concern: Minimal risk, this chemical

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    SDUSD schools are currently being tested for lead contamination. Within the time period from February to June 2017 all schools in the school district will be tested and receive the results to assure that they do not pass the legal limits of lead contamination. In fact, the legal limits of lead consumption are 15 parts per billion (ppb). If the results do exceed past the legal limits, students and staff would develop lead poisoning. Lead poisoning will lead to permanent health effects that affect

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    There are more than 4 million houses that have children that are being exposed to high levels of lead. Amongst these the number of children between ages 1-5 have blood lead levels > 5 micrograms per deciliter and are around half a million. It has been found out there no blood lead level that is safe in children and can be harmful to the body. This poisoning is a very serious problem but it is still curable. Children can suffer from neurological damage because of which they can have low IQ level and

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    Lead is a toxic metal that can accumulate in the body over time and is damaging to health even at low exposure levels, especially for children. According to the EPA, low levels of lead in the blood of children have been linked to central and peripheral nervous system damage, learning disabilities, slowed growth, hearing problems and anemia. The EPA estimates that drinking water can make up 20% or more of a person’s total exposure to lead. Recent random testing conducted by Utah state officials found

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    The Analysis of Forensic Toxicology Forensic Toxicology Toxicology is the study of chemicals elements and their negative effects of on living entities. Whereas forensic toxicology is the implementation of toxicology and other disciplines including chemistry and pharmacology to aid in detection and interpretation of drugs and poisonings or other related matters during medicolegal death investigation and or forensic cases. Description of Topic to Crime Scene Application Forensic toxicologists preform

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    the analysis of environmental toxicology of organic, inorganic, and metal compounds, and the synthesis of knowledge of toxicological principles to conduct environmental risk assessments. In addition, these principles are included in the many job descriptions for a variety of positions in the environmental science field. Furthermore, this source was interesting because of the articles and journals we researched that allowed us to apply the

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