Why Is It So Difficult for Many Toxins and Poisons

question 86

Multiple Choice

Why is it so difficult for many toxins and poisons to penetrate the blood-brain barrier?

• A) Because the human immune system has killer t-cells that attack such foreign agents.
• B) Because those agents are too large to get out of the human blood stream.
• C) Because the presence of such invaders triggers a fever, which kills them.
• D) Because those agents are not soluble in fat.

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Definitions:

Farm Subsidies

Governmental financial support to farmers aimed at stabilizing food prices, ensuring a stable food supply, and supporting agricultural economic activities.

Food Stamps

A government aid program that provides low-income individuals or families with vouchers to purchase nutritious food.

Parity Concept

A principle aiming to ensure equivalence, such as purchasing power parity in currencies, which suggests equal purchasing power for different currencies in their home countries.