Synergistic effects of toxicants _______________.
A)always involve synthetic toxicants
B)are greater than the sum of the effects of the components
C)are not numerous in the natural environment
D)have effects of individual toxicants that tend to cancel one another out
E)typically exhibit additive effects of the individual toxicants

Question

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Synergistic effects of toxicants are greater than the sum of the effects of the components. This means that when two or more toxicants are present together, their combined effect is greater than the expected additive effect of each individual toxicant. This phenomenon is not limited to synthetic toxicants and can occur in the natural environment as well.

Synergistic Effects of Toxicants _______________