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Arsenic (As) metalloid Safteyunlimited.com can cause cancer and skin lesions. It
has also been associated with
cardiovascular disease and
diabetes.
Cadmium transition metal. PubChem.com (chills, fever, and muscle pain) and can
damage the lungs. Chronic exposure (low
(Cd) level over an extended period of time) can
result in kidney, bone and lung disease.
Punishing Pesticides
Pesticide Chemical Source Health Impacts Any other
Classification important
info?
Glyphosate glycine derivative National pesticide increased saliva, burns in the mouth
and throat, nausea, vomiting, and
information center diarrhea.
Perpetrating Opposition to People being alive POPs
Mercury
1-100
Mercury
Arsenic
13Arsenic
Cadmium
Aldicarb Division 2 Competition:
2500DDT Punishing Pesticides
0.9Aldicarb
Alicarb
Glyphosate
1kAtrazine
5kGlyphosa
Doxin
Division 3 Competition:
Dioxin0.02 Perpatrating Opposition POPs
3CFC
Doxin
PCB
5kPBDE
2-10PCB
BPA
Division 4 Competition:
35BPA Homicidal Household Hitmen
7kPhthalate
s
Radon
Radon
50Asbestos
30Radon
Mercury Alicarb
The FINAL FOUR
Aldicarb Doxin
Doxin Doxin
Radon
When you are done...
Write a 3-5 sentence summary about what characteristics made it such a
formidable opponent: (this summary shouldn’t be exactly the same as your group
other group members. Please do your own!) The reason doxin was such a
formidable opponent is because it is one of the most toxic chemicals in the world
giving it an almost guaranteed edge in LD50 comparison. On top of this it is also
found in the food we eat making it even more difficult to avoid. On top of this
Doxins can linger in the environment for many years.