Biomarker Lecture (AEP 1)

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What ore bodies can contribute to Natural Pollution?
Arsenic and Lead
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What creatures are particularly vulnerable to ingesting pollution?
Benthic
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Why are cancer cells resistant?
Can pump the drug out as quickly as it comes in
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What is sequestration?
The process of turning an active agent into a form that is non-bio available
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What is Genotoxicity?
Describes a chemicals that damage DNA
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Teratogenicity
Chemicals that cause abnormal development in progency
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What is metabolic activation?
Whereby an organisms mistakenly turns a fairly innocuous compound into something much more toxic
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What creatures are particularly vulnerable to ingesting pollution?

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