Find products in your home or items in your surroundings that you are exposed to daily that contain at least 1 contaminant from each category of the following substances
Find products in your home or items in your surroundings that you are exposed to daily that contain at least 1 contaminant from each category of the following substances (for a total of 10 contaminants):
- Heavy metals
- Harmful solvents
- Volatile organic compounds or vapors
- Pesticides
- Radiation
- Name 10 different contaminants
- Classify each contaminant as a heavy metal, harmful solvent, volatile organic compound or vapor, pesticide, or radiation.
- Source. Identify the source or sources of the contaminant. Where does it come from?
- Location. Where is the product located in or around the house?
- Effects. Describe how the contaminant affects plants and humans. What are the harmful impacts?
- Exposure route. What is the route of exposure, meaning how does the actual exposure to the harmful contaminants occur? Examples could be ingestion, inhalation, skin (dermal) exposure, etc.
- Distribution. Once inside the body, how is the contaminant transported and distributed? Does it impact certain organs, bones, or blood, for example?
- Toxic Response. In the event of an exceptionally large, short-term exposure what is the immediate the toxic response, or symptoms?
- Elimination. How is the contaminant eliminated from the body or detoxified (processed) in the body?
