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Measuring Toxicity, Risk Assessment, and Public Policy
APES 2014
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MEASURING TOXICITY Toxicity notes
LD 50 (lethal dose, 50%) 50% of the test subjects are sensitive
Do all species respond the same way? Is this really an accurate way to
document toxins?
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MEASURING TOXICITY Oral LD50 of grain alcohol: 10.6 g/kg in young rats,
7.06 g/kg in aged rats. [4] Oral LD50 of nicotine: 50 mg/kg in rats. [5] Oral LD50 of Sodium chloride: 3000 mg/kg in rats
[6] LD50 of Tetrahydrocannabinol (active ingredient
found in Cannabis): 1270 mg/kg in rats. LD50 of batrachotoxin: estimated at 1 to 2 µg/kg in
humans. LD50 of Polonium 210: estimated at 10 (inhaled) to
50 (ingested) nanograms in humans makes this one of the most toxic substances known. One gram in theory could poison 100 million people of which 50 million would die.
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MEASURING TOXICITY Moderate toxins
1g/kg body weight is lethal
Very toxic 1cg/kg body weight is lethal
Supertoxic 1mg/kg body weight is lethal
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Acute Effects vs. Chronic Effects Acute: effects are caused by exposure to a
single dose Chronic: effects develop slowly due to long-term
exposure to contaminants in water, food, or the environment
For example if a person drinks too much alcohol on a regular basis then their health may suffer as a result. The alcohol does not have a long biological half-life but it is supplied on a regular basis to the body of the person.
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Coffee the killer Overall, caffeine is found in the beans,
leaves, and fruit of over 60 plants, where it acts as a natural pesticide that paralyzes and kills certain insects feeding upon them.
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RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK
The probability that something harmful will happen
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Which is riskier?vs.
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Which is riskier?
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How about here?
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How about here?
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Who is to decide what risk means to you?
Watch out for these traps:
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Risk Assessment Traps
People with an agenda tend to downplay certain risks and bring others to the forefront to further their cause/agenda
Personal experience can be your own worst enemy. Just because something hasn’t kicked your butt yet doesn’t mean it WON’T or CANNOT.
Make sure you understand what the probabilities REALLY mean.
We judge ourselves to be better than we are at most things and that can get you into trouble.
I am lucky, I am wise, that won’t happen to me! We tend to fear new technology and grab onto familiar
stuff that is actually possibly worse for us.
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WHAT MAKES RISK ACCEPTABLE?
A host of risky behaviors is less common in today’s high school students than in those 15 years earlier, according to a CDC report.
The CDC has a Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Study Survey that is given every two years since 1991. In 2005 it included nearly 14,000 students nationwide in grades 9-12
The survey shows several major changes since 1991, including wearing seatbelts, riding with drivers who had been drinking alcohol, having sexual intercourse, carrying weapons, and using condoms.
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RISKY BUSINESSPeople will take risks if the danger is low.
If the danger is high, folks are less likely to take risks.
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Defining RISK is a personal thing
Enjoyment Profitability Known vs. unknown Amount of Control
we perceive How dangerous the
results are Emotions are more
important than stats
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How do you establish public policy?
We assess the risk to the best of our ability
And then we manage the risk as best we can.
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Standards for Environmental Toxins Combined effects Different tolerances/sensitivities Effects of chronic/acute dosages Reasonability of the regulations Cumulative effects of the soup of toxins
we are exposed to on a daily basis
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