Explain How Contaminants Move Through the Food Chain into Our

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Explain how contaminants move through the food chain into our foods, as illustrated by this graphic. Answer the following in your response: where do industrial pollutants and agricultural chemicals generally enter the food supply? Why are fat-soluble contaminants so harmful to us? What is bioaccumulation? How does it occur?

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Johnson-Reed Act

A U.S. federal law enacted in 1924 that established quotas limiting the number of immigrants allowed from each country, effectively restricting non-European immigration.

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