Chapter 6
Excessively low intake of copper may be associated with
Dietary Deficiency
By what mechanism exposure to mercury by inhalation can occur?
Exposure to mercury vapors during mercury extraction from cinnabar ores
Women have lesser amount of exposure to heavy metals compared to men.
False
The disease hemachromatosis occurs from excessive exposure to
Iron
Bioaccumulation (biomagnification) of heavy metals is a particular hazard associated with
Mercury
Methylation is a process that involves which of the following metals?
Mercury
Minamata disease occurs from exposure to
Mercury
Which of the following metals is not classified as a major toxic metal with multiple effects?
Silver
Which of the following statements about heavy metals is true?
Their specific gravity exceeds that of water by five or more times.
Children receive high doses of heavy metals because
They consume high proportion of food relative to their body weight and thus may receive high dosage of heavy metals
Which of the following is a heavy metal used for medical therapy?
Aluminum
Itai-ital disease condition can occur from exposure to
Cadmium
Erin Brockovich was a successful advocate against groundwater pollution from
Chromium
Which of the following is the essential heavy metal with potential toxic properties ?
Chromium III
The symptoms of long-term exposure to lower levels of toxic metals include
Chronic Illness effects
One of the common symptom from exposure to Nickel is
contact dermatitis
Substances on the National Priorities List (United States) have the following characteristics
All of the above
For fetuses, infants, and children, the hazards of heavy metals include
All of the above
The type of environmental media (air, water, food, soil) significantly affect the degree of exposure to heavy metals. Correct!
True
One of the most frequent methods of exposure to beryllium is
Workers' inhalation of beryllium in metal processing industries
Lead exposure can arise from
all of the above
Possible methods for exposure to metals include
all of the above
