All of the following are sources of imperfect risk knowledge EXCEPT:
a) industry lacks toxicity studies on most chemicals.
b) it is not easy to attribute a group of deaths to a single cause.
c) toxins come into contact with other chemicals, changing their toxicity.
d) it is not possible to quantify risks to health, only those risks that cause death.
ANS: d
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a. true b. false
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