
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, are heavily contaminated with mercury.
B) Freshwater 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.
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