Question: Fluoride pastilles were introduced for dental health in the 1870s in:
Answer Choices:
The United States
Chile
Germany
England
France
Answer: Germany
Question: Lung cancer mortality in asbestos workers was first reported by:
Answer Choices:
Irving Selikoff
Frederic Hoffman
E. Cuyler Hammond
Richard Doll
Bernardino Ramazzini
Answer: E. Cuyler Hammond
Question: Air pollution has a long recorded history going back to:
Answer Choices:
Edward I prohibiting imported coal in the 13th century.
The London Fog of 1952
The sweater industry in the Meuse Valley, Belgium in 1930
The Industrial Revolution beginning in the 1700s
Answer: Edward I prohibiting imported coal in the 13th century.
Question: Tetraethyl lead:
Answer Choices:
Caused increased heart disease among workers in TEL manufacturing plants.
Was shown to be an environmental contaminant in Greenland snow cores by CFC Retorting.
Was claimed to be a naturally occurring background substance in humans by Clair Patterson.
Was challenged as silent danger in the 1966 Muskie hearings.
Answer: Was challenged as silent danger in the 1966 Muskie hearings.
Question: The most common occupational disease globally is:
Answer Choices:
Pneumoconiosis
Silicosis
Asbestosis
Lead Poisoning
Mercury Poisoning
Answer: Pneumoconiosis
Question: Coal miner’s pneumoconiosis was resisted as a diagnosis in the United States because:
Answer Choices:
It would have economic implications.
X-rays had not yet been invented.
Workers’ compensation legislation did not exist.
It was assumed that coal miners only died of silicosis.
Answer: It would have economic implications.
Question: Roffo’s work with rabbits demonstrated:
Answer Choices:
That the ingredients in cigarette smoke cause respiratory cancers
The carcinogenicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in cigarette smoke
That nicotine in cigarettes causes cancer
That rabbit ears are sensitive to nicotine
Answer: The carcinogenicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in cigarette smoke
Question: After a decade of water fluoridation:
Answer Choices:
Children in Kingston, NY showed a decline in dental caries.
Children in Newburgh, NY showed no change in dental caries.
Children in Kingston, NY were exposed to toxic levels of fluoride.
Children in Newburgh, NY showed a decline in dental caries.
Answer: Children in Newburgh, NY showed a decline in dental caries.
Question: Lung cancer mortality in asbestos workers was first reported by:
Answer Choices:
Irving Selikoff
Frederic Hoffman
E. Cuyler Hammond
Richard Doll
Bernardino Ramazzini
Answer: E. Cuyler Hammond
Question: Select the best answer for the following:
Answer: s for Matching:
Chernobyl – Radiation exposure
Bhopal, India – Methyl isocyanate gas
Minamata, Japan – Organic mercury
Flint, Michigan – Lead
Groundwater – Saltwater intrusion
Question: Which of the following tried to hide data on the adverse health effects of asbestos exposure?
Answer Choices:
A.I.C.O.
Reilly and Haces
U.S. Navy
NIOSH
Johns-Manville
Answer: Johns-Manville
Question: The impact of tobacco on the economy was most strongly felt in:
Answer Choices:
Alabama and Mississippi
Kentucky
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Answer: North Carolina
Question: Match the following with the best response:
Radium dial workers
Service industry workers
Asbestos workers
Bischloromethyl ether workers
Vinyl chloride workers
Computer workers
Answer Choices:
Fossy jaw
Back injuries
Mesothelioma
Lung cancer
Liver cancer
Carpal tunnel
Answer: s for Matching:
Radium dial workers – Fossy jaw
Service industry workers – Back injuries
Asbestos workers – Mesothelioma
Bischloromethyl ether workers – Lung cancer
Vinyl chloride workers – Liver cancer
Computer workers – Carpal tunnel
Question: Inhaled particulate matter (PM) less than 10 microns:
Answer Choices:
Can remain trapped in the lungs and cause toxicity.
Can cause radiation sickness.
Can cause intense sneezing and allergic reactions.
Can pass through the lungs and cause organ damage, including vascular inflammation and heart attacks.
Answer: Can pass through the lungs and cause organ damage, including vascular inflammation and heart attacks.