Risk, Toxicology & Human Health Chapter 11. What is risk?

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Risk, Toxicology & Human Health Chapter 11

What is risk?

o Possibility of suffering harm from a hazard o HAZARD - Something that can cause injury, disease, economic loss or environmental damage

What is probability? o How likely it is that some event or effect will occur. o Can range from 0 - no risk to 1 (absolute certainty of a risk) o Risk is defined as probability of exposure times the probability of harm RISK = EXPOSURE X HARM

What is risk assessment? o Uses data, etc. to estimate the probability that harm will occur as a result of exposure to specific hazards. o IDENTIFY REAL OR POTENTIAL HAZARD o DETERMINE PROBABILITY OF IT HAPPENING o ASSESS SEVERITY ON HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY, OR SOCIAL IMPACT

What is risk management? o Decide what risks face society and try to manage them o Decide how reliable the risk assessment is o Decide how much risk is acceptable o Decide how much money is needed to reduce the risk o If funds aren’t available, than what? o How to communicate plan to the public

What are the types of hazards? o Cultural hazards - drugs, drinking, unsafe sex, smoking, working conditions, & poverty o Chemical hazards - harmful chemicals in our environment - about 500 whose effects are not known. o Physical hazards - natural disasters - radiation, fire, earthquakes o Biological hazards - pathogens, pollen, animals, etc.

What is toxicology? o The adverse effects of chemicals on health o Toxicity o A measure of how harmful a substance is o What is dose? o Amount exposed to o How does it get into the body? o Inhaled o Injected o Absorbed o Injested

How harmful a chemical is depends on: o Size of dosage over a period of time o How often exposure occurs o Who is exposed o How well the body’s detoxification system works (liver, lungs, kidneys) o Genetic makeup that determines an individuals sensitivity to a particular toxin. o Also: solubility - does it get into water supply? Persistence - how long does it last?

Variations in sensitivity

What is response? o The resulting type and amount of damage to health o Size of dose over a certain period of time o How often exposure occurs o Who is exposed? o How well the body systems work

o Acute effect - immediate reaction - o Dizziness, rash, etc. o Chronic effect - permanent damage - liver or kidney damage, etc.

What is bioaccumulation? o Increase in the concentration of a chemical in specific organs or tissues at a higher level than is normally expected. o Water soluble toxic chemical are usually excreted in urine o Oil or fat-soluble toxins accumulate in fat deposits and remain in the body (residence time) - have a biological half-life

What is Biomagnification? o Toxins are magnified as they pass through the food chain o DDT, PCB’s o Are stored in body fat and affect during gestation or egg laying and during nursing stages.

Fig. 16.4, p. 399 DDT in fish-eating birds (ospreys) 25 ppm DDT in large fish (needle fish) 2 ppm DDT in small fish (minnows) 0.5 ppm DDT in zooplankton 0.04 ppm DDT in water ppm, Or 3 ppm

o Chemical interactions can DECREASE or MULTIPLY the harmful effects of a toxin. o ANTAGONISTIC INTERACTION –reduce the harmful response o SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION – multiplies harmful effects.

Why should we care? o It depends on the chemical and the concentration o Detection of trace elements does not mean it is harmful o A basic concept of toxicology is that any synthetic or natural substance can be harmful if ingested in a large enough quantity. o Most chemicals have a safe or THRESHOLD LEVEL of exposure below which harmful effects are insignificant

What is a poison? o A chemical with an LD 50 of 50 mg or less/kg of body weight. o LD 50 -median lethal dose - amount of chemical received in one dose that kills exactly 50% of the test animals within a 14 day period.

How is toxicity determined since chemicals vary in toxicity? o Case reports - from physicians o Laboratory investigations - usually on lab animals o Epidemiology - studies of populations of humans exposed to certain chemicals or diseases.

Some Toxicity ratings

What are dose response curves? o Acute toxicity tests - show effects on test organisms o Control group - not exposed o Test group - exposed o Some things have no threshold level – called a non threshold dose response model- ionizing radiation or chemicals that cause cancer of birth defects

Dose-response curve

What are toxic chemicals? o Generally defined as fatal to over 50% of test animals at given concentrations -LD- 50 o Hazardous chemicals cause harm by: o Being flammable or explosive o Irritate skin or lungs o Interfere with oxygen intake o Induce allergic reactions

What are mutagens? o Cause mutations or changes in DNA molecules - chemicals & radiation o If in reproductive cells can be passed on to future generations o In other cells, can result in tumors o Most mutations are harmless o There is no agreement on how to test substances for genetic damage in humans

What are teratogens? o Cause birth defects while embryo is developing during pregnancy - especially the first three months o PCBs o Thalidomide o Steroids, hormones o Heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury

What are carcinogens? o Cause cancer o Metastasis - gets into the body fluids and travels to other parts o Major sources are: smoking, diet, occupational exposure, environmental pollutants o Some are inherited o Typically years passes between initial exposure to a carcinogen and appearance of detectable symptoms.

What is the immune system? o Cells and tissues that protect the body against disease and harmful substances o Antibodies - attack alien invaders and mark them for attack from other immune cells o Cellular defenses - kill invaders o Some synthetic chemicals, viruses, etc. weaken the immune system and leave it open to attack by invaders o Example: pesticides

What is the nervous system? Brain, spinal cord, and nerves o Many poisons are neurotoxins – attack nerve cells o Chlorinated hydrocarbons - PCB’S & DDT o Organophosphate pesticides o Formaldehyde o Some heavy metals o Some industrial solvents

What is the endocrine system? o Hormones - produced by organs and tissues o Are chemical messengers o Are excreted into the bloodstream at very low levels o Control sexual reproduction, growth, development and behavior in humans o Each hormone has a special molecular shape which allows it to attach only to certain cell receptors - then they move into cell nucleus to sent chemical messages

What are hormonally active agents? HAA’s o Human made chemicals – called hormone disrupters o More than 60 are known o Hormone mimics - estrogen like o Hormone blockers - prevent natural hormones such as androgens from attaching to their receptors. o Can be at extremely low levels o Thyroid disrupters - affect growth, weight, brain development, etc.

o Examples: dioxins o PCB’s - biomagnify o Some chemicals in plastics o some pesticides o Lead

Hormone disruptors

How much do we know? o Of the 75,000 chemicals in commercial use, only about 10% have been screened for toxicity and only 2 % have been tested to see if they are carcinogens, teratogens,or mutagens o Each year about 1000 new chemicals come on the market. o 99.5% of all commercially used chemicals are not regulated by federal and state governments.

What are the reasons for this? o Under present laws chemicals are considered innocent until proven guilty. o There aren’t enough funds, facilities and test animals to provide such information o We know little about the interactions of chemicals and how they affect human health.

Precautionary approach o Emphasis should be more on pollution prevention o we don’t really know the effects of so many chemicals. o “look before you leap”!

What are biological hazards? o Nontransmissible diseases: not caused by living organisms o Cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, bronchitis, emphysema, and malnutrition o Transmissible diseases - caused by living organisms - can be spread from person to person o Pathogens – infectious agents o Vectors – insects and non human carriers

What factors affect spread of disease? o Migration to urban areas o Reducing biodiversity by destroying forests and wiping out species that control vectors o Increased cultivation of rice - causes mosquito populations to increase o Increased international air travel o Climate change o Natural disasters such as floods o Some bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics o Virulent strains of influenza may develop o Bioterrorism

What is risk analysis? o Identify hazards o Risk assessment - evaluate associated risks o Comparative risk analysis - rank risks o Risk communication - make public aware of the risks o Poverty is the greatest risk people face

Scientists (Not in rank order in each category) Citizens (In rank order) High-Risk Health Problems Indoor air pollution Outdoor air pollution Worker exposure to industrial or farm chemicals Pollutants in drinking water Pesticide residues on food Toxic chemicals in consumer products High-Risk Ecological Problems Global climate change Stratospheric ozone depletion Wildlife habitat alteration and destruction Species extinction and loss of biodiversity High-Risk Problems Hazardous waste sites Industrial water pollution Occupational exposure to chemicals Oil spills Stratospheric ozone depletion Nuclear power-plant accidents Industrial accidents releasing pollutants Radioactive wastes Air pollution from factories Leaking underground tanks Medium-Risk Ecological Problems Acid deposition Pesticides Airborne toxic chemicals Toxic chemicals, nutrients, and sediment in surface waters Medium-Risk Problems Coastal water contamination Solid waste and litter Pesticide risks to farm workers Water pollution from sewage plants Low-Risk Ecological Problems Oil spills Groundwater pollution Radioactive isotopes Acid runoff to surface waters Thermal pollution Low-Risk Problems Air pollution from vehicles Pesticide residues in foods Global climate change Drinking water contamination Figure Page 246