midterm 1

Question 1

what are the 3 pilers of sustainability

Answer 1

Social equity
Economic viability
Environmental protection

Question 2

what is the precaution principle

Answer 2

even if there is a lack of scientific evidence/certainty we should still be cautious and should not postpone preventative measures to resudece effect on the envoirment

Question 3

what is the polluter pays principle

Answer 3

whom are responsible for the pollution should responsible to pay for the damages caused

Question 4

what is the Bad old days incongruity

Answer 4

The false assumption that the worst of envoirmental pollution is behind us as technology protects us. this is false

Question 5

Define toxicology

Answer 5

the study of the adverse effects of substances on living things

Question 6

who said “All things are poison and nothing is without poison only the does permits something not be poisonous

Answer 6

Paracelsus

Question 7

what is Paracelsus’s influence

Answer 7

Established the dose-response relationship,

Question 8

define toxicity

Answer 8

capacity to cause injury to a living organism w reference to the quantity of substance which has been administered

Question 9

what is a toxic substance

Answer 9

a substance causing damage to a living organism as a result as physiochemical interactions

Question 10

what is a toxin

Answer 10

poisonous substance produced by a biological organism such as a microbe animal or fungus.