Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health Chapter 11

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Risk, Toxicology, andHuman HealthChapter 11
The dose makes the poison Paracelsus, 1540
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Key Concepts

• Types of hazards people face
• Methods of toxicology
• Types of measurement of chemical hazards
• Types and effects of biological hazards
• Risk estimates, management, and reductions

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Risk and Probability

• Risk
• Probability
• Risk
  assessment
• Risk
  management

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Hazards

• Cultural hazards
• Chemical hazards
• Physical hazards
• Biological hazards

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Toxicology

• Toxicity
• Dosage
• Bioaccumulation
• Biomagnification
• Synergism
• Response
• Acute effect
• Chronic effect

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Poisons

• Poison
• LD50
• Median lethal doze

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Dose-Response Curves

• Dose-Response

• Non-threshold

• Threshold

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Chemical Hazards

• Hazardous chemicals
• Mutagens
• Teratogens
• Carcinogens
• Neurotoxins
• Hormonally active agents
• Precautionary principle

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Biological Hazards Diseases

• Nontransmissible disease
• Transmissible disease
• Pathogens
• Vectors
• Antibiotic Resistance
• Malaria
• AIDS

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Risk Analysis

• Risk analysis
• Comparative risk
  analysis
• Cost-benefit
  analysis
• Risk management
• Risk perception

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Risk Analysis Group Activity