Question

This condition can cause neuropathy, swelling, and pain in the hands and feet in another condition called acrodynia or “pink disease.” While studying this condition (-5[1])in his lab at Caltech, Clair Cameron Patterson used one of the first cleanrooms to discredit earlier findings (10[1])by Robert Kehoe. (10[1])A molecule that causes this condition mimics (10[1])methionine after binding with cysteine, (10[1])allowing it to cross the blood–brain barrier. One form of this condition results in a triad of tremors, (-5[1])gingivitis, (10[1])and erethism. (-5[2])This condition, (-5[1])which is the cause of itai-itai (10[1])disease and (10[2])Minamata (10[1])disease, (10[5]-5[2])is often (10[1])treated (10[3]-5[1])with (10[1])medical-grade (10[5]-5[1])Prussian (10[1])blue, (10[2])succimer, or (-5[1])sodium calcium EDTA (10[1]0[1])in chelation (10[1])therapy. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])what condition is (10[1])caused by prolonged exposure to elements (-5[1])like lead (10[2])or mercury? (10[1])■END■ (10[14]0[6])

ANSWER: heavy metal poisoning [or heavy metal toxicity; accept lead poisoning or mercury poisoning until read; accept arsenic poisoning or cadmium poisoning or selenium poisoning; accept plumbism or saturnism; accept itai-itai disease until read; accept Minamata disease until read; prompt on acute poisoning or acute toxicity] (Patterson was a vocal opponent of leaded gasoline, which Kehoe had earlier claimed was safe in a now-discredited study.)
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Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%86.33
Florida2025-02-01Y367%0%0%80.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%108.50
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%74.17
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%100.00
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%92.60
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%94.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%93.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%25%104.50
UK2025-02-01Y1080%0%20%109.38
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%63%114.88
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y367%0%67%122.00

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