Question of the Day

Question:  What are the known risks of the occupational inhalation of dusts composed of nano- and micro-sized particles of tungsten carbide cobalt in metal manufacturing facilities and mining and drilling industries?

Question: Who does the American public blame as primarily responsible for the opioid abuse epidemic?

Question: Which epidemiological pre-cursors are required for the development of clinical favism?

Question: Which chemical has been proposed as a urinary biological marker of worker exposure to the chemical acrylamide?

Question: 4-Aminopyridine (4-AP) has been used in the treatment of a variety of diseases characterized by poor neuronal transmission including multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, botulism, Lambert-Eaton syndrome, and myasthenia gravis. What is the mechanism of action of 4-AP?

Question:  With regard to respirators used in the occupational setting, what is the so-called Assigned Protection Factor (APF)?

Question: Name the colorless yet highly corrosive liquid that may emanate red fumes when exposed to moist atmospheric conditions.

Question: What is the common name for the organism Physalia physalis?

Question: What are the current legitimate uses for the drug gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)?

Question: How might workers be exposed to so called metal working fluids (MWFs) and what are the adverse health effects that may arise from occupational exposure to MWFs?