Unit 1: Foundations and Tools of the Trade
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Chapter 3
Information Literacy
Self Quiz
Chemicals in the environment can accumulate in living tissue by
bioaccumulation
and
biomagnification
and become
toxic
.
The chemical BPA may mimic steroid
hormones
and act as an endocrine disruptor.
Research by
in-vivo
and
in-vitro
experiments as well as
epidemiological
studies on BPA indicated possible toxicity of the chemical.
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