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Unit 2 Question 3

Unit 2 Question  3

Q Identify the factors that modify toxicity. Based on these factors, explain how exposure to the same concentration and duration of a toxin will affect a healthy, middle-aged male differently than a middle-aged female who smokes and has a suppressed immune system.

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Factors that effects toxicity are age, gender, lifestyle, diet, disease and genetics. As we can see that with the increasing age our body responds differently. Gradually changes in development and biochemistry are quite prominent. Functioning of organs deteriorates on a daily basis as age increases. Hence elderly people are at high risk of getting affected by hepatic, renal, neurological toxicants. People’s ability to fight off the pathogen becomes very poor.