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You have just eaten an oyster and now your lip is swelling up.  This is an example of a Type ______ Hypersensitivity.

Autoantibodies are antibodies directed at the bodies own tissues.

A foreign substance introduced in the body, like a pathogen, that is capable of generating an immune response is called an ________________________. 

[CHAPTER 5 –  Managing Resources: Environmental Economics and Policy] A new modern category of hazardous waste is ____.

[CHAPTER 9 – Conventional Energy: Fossil Fuels ] The coal we dig up today formed when ___.

Cellular immunity does not involve the production of T- Cells.

Idiopathic etiology is when the disease etiology is known.

[CHAPTER 5 –  Managing Resources: Environmental Economics and Policy] All solid waste in the United States is regulated by which federal environmental law?

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) targets the T4 cells and eventually shuts down the immune system. 

The type of immunity not specific to a particular disease and it does not require prior exposure to the pathogenic agent is _______.