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3 years ago

What factors contribute to the effect an environmental toxin has on the human body?

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Thepotemich [5.8K]3 years ago

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Answer:

There are several factors that can contribute to the effect an environmental toxin has on the human body. They are:

- Form and innate chemical activity

- Dosage, especially dose-time relationship

- Exposure route

- Species

- Life stage, such as infant, young adult, or elderly adult

- Gender

- Ability to be absorbed

- Metabolism

- Distribution within the body

- Excretion

- Health of the individual, including organ function and pregnancy, which involves physiological changes that could influence toxicity

- Nutritional status

- Presence of other chemicals

- Circadian rhythms (the time of day a drug or other substance is administered)

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