Toxicology and Environmental Toxicology
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Which of the following best describes toxicology?

  • The study of how natural or man-made poisons can cause undesirable effects in living organisms
  • The science of poisons or toxicants that damage or destroy living tissue (correct)
  • The study of how plants, animals, and humans are affected by exposure to toxic substances
  • The study of chemicals that contaminate food, water, soil, or the atmosphere

    • What is the definition of toxicity?

  • The damaging effects of exposure to toxic substances on plants, animals, and humans
  • The degree to which a substance is poisonous or causes injury (correct)
  • The damaging effects on a body by contact with a substance
  • The study of how toxic substances enter bodies of water

    • What is environmental toxicology concerned with?

  • The study of toxic substances that enter bodies of water
  • The study of how natural or man-made poisons can cause undesirable effects in living organisms
  • The study of how plants, animals, and humans are affected by exposure to toxic substances
  • The study of chemicals that contaminate food, water, soil, or the atmosphere (correct)

    • What are harmful or adverse effects?

    <p>The damaging effects of exposure to toxic substances on plants, animals, and humans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxic effects refer to?

    <p>The damaging effects of exposure to toxic substances on plants, animals, and humans</p> Signup and view all the answers

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