Dose Response

Dose Response relationship, or  or exposure response relationship, describes the change in effect on organisms caused by differing levels of exposure. This may apply to individuals (a small amount has no significant effect, a large amount is fatal), or to populations (how many people or organisms are affected at different levels of exposure).

Studying dose response, and developing dose–response models, is central to determining "safe" and "hazardous" levels and dosages for drugs, potential pollutants, and other substances to which humans or other organisms are exposed. These conclusions are often the basis for public policy. The EPA has developed extra guidance and reports on dose response modeling and assessment, as well as software. To learn more about dose response click here,,, Dose response extra information 

Dose Response can be interpreted more than one way. First, the relationship between the quantity or intensity of your treatment regime and its affects on living cells, tissues, or organisms. Another way to interpret dose response is this:  The relationship between the intensity of an exposure to an infectious pathogen, physical stressor, or a toxin, and its affects on living organisms. To learn about the Dose ResponseDose Response Society Society, click here... 

The reason I chose this picture is because most people only think that like harmful chemicals are toxic. That is not the case. anything can be toxic if you have a enough of an exposure to it. A person can even be toxic because they annoy you and do not promote a healthy lifestyle for you!

The thing that i found the most interesting is that even oxygen is toxic if we have too much of it. I thought that was weird because we need oxygen to survive yet if we have too much it can be deadly.