Tox 2 Overview
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- GRAS list (acronym and what it is)
- (Generally regarded as safe) list of chemicals put out by FDA that can be used in food without requiring testing
- Dose
- amount of a chemical that gets into an organism
- Exposure
- occurs when chemicals come in contacts with lungs, gut, or skin
- Acute exposure
- single or limited exposure, lasting for few minutes to few hours
- Chronic exposure
- prolonged or repeated exposure
- Haber's Law
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Dose x exposure time= a constant
DT=c - Threshold dose
- the particular dose at which an adverse effect is experienced
- Dermal route of exposure
- route of exposure through skin
- Ingestion route of exposure
- route of exposure through the gut
- Inhalation route of exposure
- route of exposure through the lungs
- Epithelial tissue
- tissue that covers or lines
- Topology
- study of three-dimensional shapes
- Torus
- "Donut" topiological shape