Neurotoxin that magnifies within food webs; typically found in polluted bodies of water; it poisoned thousands of people when it was dumped into a Japanese bay; people who ate contaminated fish from the waters exhibited convulsions, slurred speech, loss of muscle control, and sudden fits of laughter; some people died
A) bisphenol- A
B) arsenic
C) aldicarb
D) lead
E) asbestos
F) DDT
G) cadmium
H) atrazine
I) thalidomide
J) nicotine
K) mercury
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