Which of the following descriptions related to hormonally active agents (HAAs) is correct? a. HAAs are forms of...

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  1. Which of the following descriptions related to hormonally activeagents (HAAs) is correct?

    a.

    HAAs are forms of pollution in environmental systems that mostlycome from humans' excretion of hormones into the water

    b.

    HAAs definitely lead to cancer from the mutations that occurfrom exposure

    c.

    HAAs primary hazard is biomagnification within food webs

    d.

    HAAs interact with an organism and the mechanisms for regulatinggrowth and development by disrupting normal growth functions.

  2. Blood borne pathogens found in contaminated blood are an exampleof a ___________hazard.

    a.

    physical

    b.

    chemical

    c.

    radiological

    d.

    biological

  3. If a specific animal species has a population of 4 million andthe population is reduced to only 2000, this is an example of alikely overall reduction in the ____________diversity.

    a.

    genetic

    b.

    species

    c.

    habitat

    d.

    population

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1 Hormonally active agents HAAs are d interact with an organism and the mechanisms for regulating growth and development by disrupting normal growth functions HAAs act as endocrine disruptors and block the endocrine functions of growth and metabolism and    See Answer
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