Reference no: EM132371562

As the physician on duty at a hospital emergency room (ER) in an urban community, you are notified that three hazardous waste workers-two men and a woman-are being transported from their worksite by ambulance. All three workers are complaining of headache, dizziness, and nausea.

You learn that the workers were handling several dozen barrels of a sweet-smelling hazardous waste liquid in a hot, unventilated room. Their work required taking samples from barrels, which were obtained from a defunct chlorofluorocarbon manufacturing plant.

All three workers were initially wearing full-face respirators and protective clothing, but the younger man removed his respirator early in the day because he had a hangover and was nauseated; he felt it was more convenient to work without being hampered by the respirator.

The other two workers continued in full protective gear. After 3 to 4 hours, the three workers began to experience symptoms.

1) Thinking back to the differences in the workers' health, discuss why you think the young man was more severely injured than the other two.

2) Following exposure to the CCL4, what type of cell death did the young man's cells undergo?