History Flashcards
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Paracelsus
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Father of toxicology - “The dose makes the poison”
2
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Minimata
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Factories released methyl mercury
Caused: difficulty speaking, skeletomuscular deformities, convulsions
3
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Ramazzini
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Father of occupational medicine - showed that occupational exposure could be involved in the causation of disease
4
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Potts
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Found that chimney sweeps had a higher rate of scrotal cancer - attributed to PAHs due to incomplete combustion
5
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What toxin were in hats?
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Mercury
6
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How did communities handle toxicants pre-industrial revolution?
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- Small, rural based communities
- Receiving environment able to “cope with” the wastes produced
7
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How did communities handle toxicants post-industrial revolution?
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- Developing countries shifted from rural communities to industrialized civilization
- Receiving environment can no longer “cope with” the wastes produced
8
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Itai-itai disease
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Caused by cadmium mining in Toyama Prefecture
