ENV 410 University of Phoenix Wk 4 Environmental Toxicology Scavenger Hunt Essay

Find products in your home or items in your surroundings that you are exposed to daily that contain at least 1 contaminant from each category of the following substances (for a total of 10 contaminants):

• heavy metals
• harmful solvents
• volatile organic compounds or vapors
• pesticides
• radiation

Use the Contaminant Scavenger Hunt document to track the information for each contaminant. Complete the assignment in this MS Word document. Do not create a separate document or write a paper. Please ensure that you:

• Classify the contaminant as a heavy metal, harmful solvent, volatile organic compound or vapor, pesticide, or radiation.
• Identify the source or sources of the contaminant. Where does it come from?
• Where is the product located in the house?
• Describe how the contaminant affects plants and humans. What are the harmful impacts?
• What is the route of exposure, meaning how does the actual exposure to the harmful contaminants occur? Examples could be ingestion, inhalation, skin (dermal) exposure, etc.
• Once inside the body, how is the contaminant transported and distributed? Does it impact certain organs, bones or blood, for example?
• In the event of a very large, short-term exposure what is the immediate the toxic response, or symptoms?
• How the contaminant is eliminated from the body or detoxified (processed) in the body?

Submit your assignment – which is the completed MS Word document.

Resources

• Center for Writing Excellence
• Reference and Citation Generator
• Grammar and Writing Guides
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)