Environmental and Nutritional Diseases

  1. Interference with oxidative
    phosphorylation
    Arsenic
  2. GI, cardiovascular and CNS
    manifestations, possibly death
    Arsenic
  3. Skin changes- hyperpigmentation
    Cancer, esp. skin carcinomas
    Chronic exposure to arsenic
  4. Batteries and fertilizers can
    contaminate soil
  5. Cadmium
  6. Chronic exposure may cause
    obstructive lung disease, kidney
    damage and bone abnormalities
  7. Cadmium
  8. CO, lead, cobalt, cadmium,
    solvents
  9. Heart disease
  10. Wood dust, Isopropanol
    Asbestos, Radon, silica, others
    Grain dust, coal dust, cadmium
    Bryllium, isocyanates
    Silica, asbestos, cobalt
    • Nasal Cancer
    • Lung cancer
    • COPD
    • Hypersensitivity
    • Fibrosis
  11. Solvents, acrylamide, methyl
    chloride, etc.
    Chlordane, toluene, mercury
    Alcohols, ketones, aldehydes
    UV radiation
    • Peripheral neuropathy
    • Ataxia
    • CNS depression
    • Cataracts
  12. Mercury, lead, others
    Napthylamines, 4-aminobiphenyl,
    benzidine, rubber products
  13. Toxicity
    Bladder Cancer
  14. Benzene, radon, uranium
  15. Leukemia
  16. Vinyl chloride
  17. Liver angiosarcoma
Author
Diana
ID
6361
Card Set
Environmental and Nutritional Diseases
Description
Test 4
Updated