1. Describe how would you determine if exposure to a compound is toxic?

2. Describe and distinguish chronic and acute exposure to a compound?

3. Define and distinguish local and systemic effect of a compound?

1. What is Forensic Toxicology?

2. If you were a forensic toxicologist, what are some things you must consider?

3. The word "compound" is being used as a general term to describe the thing that is causing/caused the toxic effect. Why is this word used and what sorts of things does it represent?

No two pure compounds can have the same melting point.

Is this statement true or false?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United Nations have come together to provide a generous amount of funding to investigate the impact of natural disasters leading to environmental radiation leaks on a variety of health outcomes.  Due to your large budget, you are able to implement objective radio assays to determine levels of radiation exposure among your subjects.  What bias would the use of radio assays likely reduce the most? (Choose one best answer) 

A) Misclassification of disease

B) Diagnostic suspicion bias

C) Misclassification of exposure

D) Berkson's bias (i.e. Diagnostic Bias)

E) Hawthorne effect