Question Of The Day

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?

Question:  During 2009, a multistate outbreak of Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) was linked to ingestion of which foodstuff?

Question: What is the association between occupational cadmium exposure and the risk for the development of renal cancer?

Question: Cisplatin is commonly associated with hearing loss in adults receiving this drug. What is the prevalence of hearing loss due to cisplatin therapy?

Question: What is erythromelalgia and with which mushroom species has this condition been associated?

Question: Chronic exposure to benzene may result in a range of hematopoietic derangements. What are these hematopoietic derangements?

Question:  What is the ITER (International Toxicity Estimates for Risk) database?

Question: What clinical triad is classic for thallium poisoning?

Question: What is the classic triad associated with chronic exposure to elemental mercury?

Question: Which drug, also known as compound RU 36486 has been used as an abortifacient?