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Pollution Dose-response analysis: expose to a toxin at different concentrations High LD50 means low toxicity Poison: LD50 of 50mg or less per kg of body weight ED50: 50% shows negative effect Threshold dose Acute effect Chronic effect Infection: result of a pathogen病菌invading body Pathogens Viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa原生动物, parasitic worms Vector: ticks spread spotted fever Pollutants Primary: CO Secondary: acid rain (SO2+SO3+water vapor), PANs Criteria pollutants CO: binds irreversibly to hemoglobin Pb: smelting O3: good at high NO2: combustion engines -- smog, acid precipitation SO2: c