Malathion Risk Assessment Genericville’s city counsel is facing a very vital decision when it comes to the plan of action against the West Nile Virus. The use of the pesticide Malathion is the issue at hand. There are alternatives to using pesticides and all angles must be carefully weighed to determine the overall advantage of all available methods. Malathion has risks as well as benefits. I have evaluated all of the hazards as well as the benefits associated with using Malathion and the affects
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Hazard identification Malathion is an insecticide that is used primarily on crops to control insects. Malathion brakes down quickly when exposed to the elements like soil‚ water‚ and sunlight. Normally people are not exposed to this insecticide unless they are in the vicinity of the area that is being sprayed. Then the risk will be the spray that is in the air‚ or on surfaces that have been touched. (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov) Malathion affects how the brain and the nervous system
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We at Genericville City Council are here to determine whether or not Malathion insecticide spray should be used to reduce the mosquito population. In this article I am going to review all the processes to see what is really going to benefit this city in the long run. I will be going through and discussing four main points which will include hazard identification‚ dose-response‚ exposure‚ and risk characterization. When I am done I will conclude with my decision so that we may be able to move forward
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Hazard Identification of the use of Malathion: Malathion is an insecticide regulated by the EPA and is used to control mosquitoes. The chemical is currently being used as a country wide go to for mosquito eradication. Malathion is sprayed across towns as a preventative of such occurrences. Through the dismemberment of malathion comes several health risks. It falls onto farm crops‚ contaminating our fruits and vegetables with the insecticide. Malathion is proven to be toxic by contact of skin‚ inhalation
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SCI/275 Assignment: Risk Assessment Due Date: 02/12/2011 Instructor: Dr. Jensen Malathion is an organophosphate insecticide; it is used to control certain insect population like boll weevil‚ med fly ‚and mosquitoes. Applications of malathion has been used on the ground or sprayed in the air when trying to get rid on adult mosquitoes associated with West Nile Virus. (ATSDR 2001). When using malathion by ground or spraying the EPA says it has a relatively low toxicity to humans‚ other
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conditions. You should not use Latuda if you are allergic to lurasidone. Latuda was formulated in October 28‚ 2010. It is supplied as a tablet for oral administrations. The recommended starting dose is 40 mg once daily and the maximum recommended dose is 80 mg/day. Latuda should be taken with food. Dose adjustments are recommended for the following: patients with moderate and severe renal impairment‚ patients with moderate and severe hepatic impairment‚ patients taking concomitant (existing or occurring
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After reading the book Love Dose by Bob Goff many wonderful Ideas stuck with me. I am amazed at how many truly wonderful things happened to one man. It brings me comfort to know that there are people out there like Bob who love’s all people‚ no matter what. Goff loves people not just because Jesus said to‚ but because he wants to. That concept to me is amazing and truly meaningful. The story that stuck out to me the most was the first chapter. I promise I read the book‚ but even after finishing the
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After initially reading about the Tabasco sauce intervention I was kind of shocked. This seemed to be very unethical at first. However after they furthered explained the purpose of the intervention and highlighted the helpful effects of the intervention my opinioned changed. Though I would want to explore a more effective way that doesn’t make question is this technique unethical. At first I thought they were just spraying tabasco sauce into Sam mouth‚ which seemed very unethical because given his
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GENERAL APPROACHES FOR DOSE ADJUSTMENT IN RENAL DISEASE Renal insufficiency can markedly alter one or more of the pharmacokinetic parameters of a drug including oral bioavailability‚ volume of distribution‚ drug binding to plasma proteins‚ and most importantly the rates of metabolism and excretion‚ i.e.‚ drug clearance.. To minimize drug toxicity and maximize therapeutic benefits‚ it is often necessary to adjust drug dosage in proportion to the degree of renal insufficiency. A drug will most
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Dose Adjustments in Patients with Impaired Renal Function Prof. Hartmut Derendorf University of Florida Chronic Kidney Disease Major world-wide health concern In US number of patients requiring dialysis or transplant is projected to increase from 340‚000 in 1999 to 651‚000 in 2010 National Kidney Foundation-attempts to standardize definition‚ stages and laboratory tests to assess kidney function Am J Kidney Dis. (2000) 366 suppl 2:S1–S279 S-M Huang et al. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
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