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Write a 3–4-page analysis on the impact of a selected toxin on human health.
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Your analysis should follow a logical structure and be evidence based. Use the MEAL Plan to help guide the organization of your analysis:
Use the APA Paper Template (linked in the Resources under the Required Resources heading) to format your analysis.
Toxins can be divided into categories based on their potential harm to humans.
Toxicologists are scientists that study toxins. They determine whether the toxins have any harmful effects on the environment or the human body. Toxicologists often describe toxins as either hazardous or poisonous. Hazardous substances are substances having the capacity to do harm. Poisonous substances are able to kill, injure, or impair living things with a small dose.
After determining that a substance is toxic, toxicologists and other scientists create risk assessment models. Risk assessment involves considering four steps:
Cost-benefit analysis can be used to determine if a risk should be taken, and what strategies can be used to regulate and control the risk. In some cases, after a risk assessment, a risk will be determined unavoidable.The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is a government agency created in 1972 to address some products that have presented an unreasonable risk of injury. The CPSC requires safety labels, recalls hazardous products, and enforces bans upon them.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more than 400 Americans die each day due to injuries caused by accidents (2014). In fact, most people experience a significant injury at least once in their lifetime (Hilgenkamp, 2006). Although not all accidents can be avoided, understanding where the risks are, and taking steps to avoid them, is important to protecting our health.Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death in individuals between 1 and 44 years of age (CDC, 2006). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is charged with increasing safety on the roads by writing and enforcing safety laws. Seat belts, safety seats for children, air bags, and anti-lock brakes are just some of the devices that can make traveling in a motor vehicle safer. We can reduce our risk of a motor vehicle accident by following traffic laws, and always considering what is prudent based on the driving conditions.Accidents can also occur when we are in our homes. Common occurrences involve falls, poisonings, accidental shootings, fires, and power equipment. Young children are particularly at risk, which is why child-proofing a home is so important. Cabinets with toxic materials, medicines, and guns should be locked. Matches and lighters should be kept in a safe place.
Concerns of hazards in the workplace led to the development of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA’s mission is to prevent injuries and protect the health of United States workers by ensuring safe and healthful places to work (United States Department of Labor, n.d.). The major areas of concern in the workplace are air contaminants (dust, fibers, gases, and vapors), and physical (temperature, noise, and radiation), biological (pathogens), and chemical (inhaled, absorbed, ingested, or injected) issues.
CDC. (2006, June 28). Deaths: Preliminary data for 2004. National Vital Statistics Reports, 54(19). Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr54/nvsr54_19…Hilgenkamp, K. (2006). Environmental health: Ecological perspectives. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2014). Healthy people.gov. Retrieved from
http://healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx
United States Department of Labor. (n.d.). About OSHA. Retrieved from https://www.osha.gov/about.html
CRITERIA | NON-PERFORMANCE | BASIC | PROFICIENT | DISTINGUISHED |
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Analyze the impact of a toxic substance on human health. | Does not describe the impact of a toxic substance on human health. | Describes the impact of a toxic substance on human health. | Analyzes the impact of a toxic substance on human health. | Analyzes and evaluates the impact of a toxic substance on human health, providing opinions and supporting evidence. |
Analyze possible sources of exposure to a toxic substance. | Does not describe possible sources of exposure to a toxic substance. | Describes possible sources of exposure to a toxic substance. | Analyzes possible sources of exposure to a toxic substance. | Analyzes and evaluates possible sources of exposure to a toxic substance. |
Analyze what happens when a toxin enters the environment. | Does not describe what happens when a toxin enters the environment. | Describes what happens when a toxin enters the environment. | Analyzes what happens when a toxin enters the environment. | Analyzes what happens when a toxin enters the environment and assesses the options available to mitigate the risk of potential harm. |
Analyze the persistency of a specific toxic substance. | Does not describe persistency of a toxic substance. | Describes persistency of a toxic substance. | Analyzes persistency of a toxic substance. | Analyzes persistency of a toxic substance and discusses impact of the toxin’s lifecycle. |
Analyze government recommendations for a specific toxic substance. | Does not describe government recommendations for a specific toxic substance. | Describes government recommendations for a specific toxic substance. | Analyzes government recommendations for a specific toxic substance. | Analyzes and evaluates government recommendations for a specific toxic substance, and discusses whether and how the recommendations need updating. |
Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics. | Does not write in support a central idea in appropriate format. Does not use correct grammar, usage, and mechanics. | Writes in support of an idea with consistent format, but includes major errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics. | Writes coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics. | Writes coherently, using evidence to support a central idea in a consistently appropriate format, with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics. |
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