Today, Many Parents Are Worried About the Bottles Their Babies

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Multiple Choice

Today, many parents are worried about the bottles their babies drink out of, because many contain plastics made with Bisphenol A, a compound that helps to make hard, clear, shatter-proof plastics but that might also be a neurotoxin, especially for children. Though science has yet to fully explore this issue, what era of the environmental movement does this concern most closely follow?

• A) the conservation era
• B) mainstream environmentalism
• C) grassroots environmentalism
• D) NIMBY environmentalism
• E) the modern environmental movement

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Definitions:

Quantity

The amount or number of a material or immaterial good that is considered disposable or usable.

Income Elasticity of Demand

Income elasticity of demand measures how the quantity demanded of a good or service changes in response to a change in consumers' income.

Quantity Demanded

In economics, the total amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price.

Income

The financial gain received by an individual or household, usually derived from work, investments, or other sources, over a period.