Toxicology Webquest Fs

Part A
1. Toxicology is a field of science that helps us understand the harmful effects that
chemicals, substances, or situations, can have on people, animals, and the environment.
2. Toxicology uses the power of science to predict what, and how chemicals may cause
harm and then shares that information to protect public health.
3. A person may be more susceptible to chemicals in periods of active cell differentiation
and growth in the womb and in early childhood, as well as during adolescence, when the
brain is continuing to develop.
4. One or two aspirins may be good for you, but taking a bottle of aspirin may be harmful.
5. A toxicologist is a scientist who has a strong understanding of many scientific disciplines,
such as biology and chemistry, and typically works with chemicals and other substances
to determine if they are toxic or harmful to humans and other living organisms or the
environment.
Part B
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7. Forensic toxicologists perform scientific tests on bodily fluids and tissue samples to
identify any drugs or chemicals present in the body. They specifically isolate and identify
any substances in the body that may have contributed to the crime.
8. Forensic toxicologists must often sit or stand for long periods of time. The tests they
perform require very fine motor skills and a dogged commitment to following rigorous
scientific protocols. Working with bodily fluids and tissue samples can be messy and
smelly. The forensic toxicologist is also exposed to details about crimes, which can be
emotionally difficult.
9. Because the science of forensic toxicology is constantly advancing, it’s important that, if
you are interested in this field, keeping pace with new technologies, methodologies and
chemicals demands constant learning.
Part C
10. Specimens sent for toxicology testing are usually collected by the forensic pathologist
(who may also be an appointed “medical examiner” or “coroner” in some jurisdictions) or
mortuary technician during an autopsy.
11. Blood, urine, vitreous humor, gastric contents, bile, liver, and hair.
12. Post-mortem blood presents problems due to often variable conditions and changes to
concentrations from one place to another in the body after death. The degree of
decomposition can also interfere with testing as these specimens can be difficult to
analyze.
13. Vitreous humor is the transparent gelatinous tissue filling the eyeball behind the lens.
14. Through recreational exposure by inhaling solvents such as butane lighter fluid or fuels,
ingesting plant-derived substances like Angel’s Trumpet, accidental exposure to a
substance used in the workplace or even accidently produced in the home (like carbon
monoxide), or suicidal ingestion of a poison such as strychnine, pesticides, cyanide, etc.
15.
1. Whitney Housten: toxicology report found cocaine and metabolites; marijana, xanax,
flexeril and benadryl
2. Mac Miller: toxicology report found fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol was the cause of death
3. Amy Winehouse: toxicology report concluded death from alcohol poisoning
16. The four steps in DNA processing are 1. Extract: get the dna out of the cell so we can work
with it, 2. Amplify: increase the amount of dna in our sample, 3. Separate: sort the dna
fragments by size, 4. Analyze: examine the different sized fragments and construct a dna profile
17. Buccal swabs are used to collect a DNA sample to get a person's dna.
18. Greg Sanders was a match.
19. The three fluids collected from the body vitreous humor, blood, and urine.
20. A maggot milkshake is when toxicologists take the maggots from a decomposing body and
blend them up to test for urine, blood and other fluids.
21. Toxicologists analyze so many different body fluids in order to help confirm their results.
22. Toxicology was invented over 500 years ago.
23. Alcohol is screened by using headspace gas chromatography.
24. ELISA test screens for certain types of drugs, amphetamines, barbiturates, opiates and
others.
25. The restrictions of ELISA are that it cannot definitely identify specific individual chemicals.
26. The confirmatory test used in forensic toxicology is the gas chromatograph/mass
spectrometer.
27. The GC separates the chemicals in a specimen and then identifies each one.
28. Methcathinone was found in the individual while driving.

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Part A

18. Greg Sanders was a match.

22. Toxicology was invented over 500 years ago.

23. Alcohol is screened by using headspace gas chromatography.

28. Methcathinone was found in the individual while driving.

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