The nurse visits a community along a creek where residents have begun to report upper respiratory illnesses and asthma. After investigating, the nurse learns that several miles upstream is a hazardous material disposal site
In addition, chemicals have leached through the soil into the creek water and have been carried downstream to this community. Although children are not allowed into the creek, they do often play along the bank. Which represents the route of exposure in this situation?
A) Creek water
B) Chemicals
C) Bank of the creek
D) Inhalation
Ans: D
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The route of exposure is how the contaminant enters the body, such as inhalation. The point of exposure is the place where people come in contact with the contaminated medium, which in this case would be the bank of the creek. The source of contamination is used to describe what the contaminants are and where they originate, which in this case would be the chemicals. The environmental medium that the contaminant is in is the creek water.
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