Regina eats a mostly vegetarian diet, but she eats a lot of fish. When she becomes pregnant, what should Regina know about environmental pollution in fish?
A) Long-lived predatory fish, such as swordfish, albacore tuna, and shark, can be heavily contaminated with mercury.
B) Fresh water fish, such as perch and trout, carry a startling array of industrial contaminants—287 in all.
C) While some fish are contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), steady, low-level PCB exposure is not harmful.
D) Fish can be heavily contaminated with lead, exposure to which is related to prematurity and brain damage.
A
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