Name : ________________________________________
Due Date:
Toxicology is the study of poisons, and their chemical and physical effects on the body. There
have been many cases of people intentionally trying to poison one another as well as accidents that have
occurred that can be linked back to toxins. You are going to act as the Expert Witness that needs to bring
information about the poison as well as the case to the courtroom.
Toxins are on a 1st come basis, please check the list of poisons on my website/ google drive and email
me your choice.
The Task
Design a court room worthy poster that contains the following information
Type of poisons: narcotic, stimulant, depressant, hallucinogen, chronic, environmental
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Level of toxicity (LD50) and sample calculation that relates to your chosen case
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Does this poison have other uses? Ex: Warfarin is a medical blood thinner also used in rodent poisoning.
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Does this poison have other names? Ex: Warfarin is also known as Coumadin
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How does this poison interfere with the body? What organs are affected?
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Are there lasting effects from being exposed to this poison? Are there possible treatments for
exposure?
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Is there a chemical/physical test that is used to identify this poison? If so, what?
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Case or instances in which this poison was used
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Poster is professional, neat, informative and organized
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Annotated bibliography with 3 sources cited with APA citations
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Rubric will be multiplied by 2 to give a total of 48 points – Poster will count as a test/summative score
POISON
Anthrax
Antimony
Arsenic
Adrenaline (epinephrine)
Agent Orange (Dioxin)
Alcohol
Botulin Poison
Chromium 6
Chloroform
Cyanide/ potassium cyanide/ hydrogen cyanide
Carbon monoxide
Chlorine gas
Cadmium
Caffeine
Cocaine
DDT
Diamorphine
Ethylene glycol
Hemlock
Hyoscine
Lead
Love Canal
Methyl mercury
Methyl isocyanate
Nicotine
Succinylocholine
Parathion
Paraquat
Plants
Belladonna - atropine
Mushrooms
Marijuana
Pollonium-210
Propofol
Radiation
Ricin
Sarin
Strychnine
Thallium
Warafin/Coumadin
A little background info
National threat in mail
Can be combined with arsenic & used to make super
acids
Napoleon, Bangladesh’s drinking water, Lucretia
Borgia/ Borgia Family
A perfect murder
environmental issue
Depressant (recreational drug)
Food poisoning
environmental issue – Erin Brockvich
an anesthetic, the priest and the prostitute
Tylenol murders, Rasputin, Nazi, California Mass
suicide
Inhibits the body to take in O2 in the blood
WW1 – tear gas/mustard gas
Environmental issue – bioaccumulates (itai itai disease)
Stimulant
Stimulant (recreational drug)
environmental issue – Bald Eagle & mosquito
Analgesic & recreational drug
Antifreeze
Case of Socrates
Deadly nightshade – people who dabbled in occult use it
& Jimson weed & mandrake (witchcraft)
environmental issue – interferes with organs and is a
chronic poison
environmental issue
environmental issue – fish and Japan
environmental issue - Union Carbide
Stimulant (recreational drug)
Paralytic agents
Weed killer & domestic killer
Belladonna used to be put into women’s eyes to dilate
their pupils because this was a sign of beauty
Radiation- Alexander Litvinenko (KGB officer)
Michael Jackson
Chernobyl, Hiroshima
Georgi Markov
Gas in the Tokyo subway
From a puffer fish –toxic animal
Coca-Cola poisoning
Rat Poison/blood thinner