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Please Select the Statement That Applies to Pollutants in the Environment

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Please select the statement that applies to pollutants in the environment and bioremediation.

Please select the statement that applies to pollutants in the environment and bioremediation.


A) Synthetic compounds are more likely to be biodegradable if their chemical composition is different from that of naturally occurring substances.
B) Xenobiotics usually persist in the environment because microorganisms are unlikely to have suitable enzymes to break them down.
C) The biodegradability of a compound can only be changed by significant molecular changes in that compound.
D) Most herbicides and insecticides only are toxic to their target, and do not damage other organisms such as fish, birds, and other animals.
E) Bioremediation generally relies on the addition of specific organisms to the polluted environment.

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