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Gen Toxic Agents
ENV 201 - Practical and exam information on toxic agents
Question | Answer |
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Chemicals that cause harm for the unborn | teratogens |
Widely used in the past to protect against malaria, typhus, and other insect-spread disease; continues to be applied in several countries to control malaria... | DDT |
Used in industry as heat-exchange fluid, electrical transporters, capacitors && additives in paint, carbonless copy paper, sealants, and plastics | PCB |
Produced by incomplete combustion and in chemical manufacturing released in some kinds of metal recycling, pulp and paper bleaching, automobile exhaust, tobacco smoke, and wood and coal smoke. | Dioxin |
Kills insects on cotton and grains; also used against rodents | Endrin |
Result from the same processes that release dioxins; also are found in commercial mixtures of PCBs | Furans |