16. Botulism is a serious form of food poisoning. It results when a
substance called botulinus toxin, produced by bacteria, prevents the
release of acetylcholine from motor nerve fibres. The effect is
A. contraction of all skeletal muscles, resulting in paralysis
B. the inability of ATP to be released
C. a decrease in pH due to buildup of lactic acid
D. the failure of muscles to be stimulated

15 points come and ! which characteristic describes all bacteria? a rod-shaped b microscopic c multicellular d autotrophic

What is the following best defines climate?

Bisphenol a (often called bpa) is a chemical found in products that people use every day, from water bottles to food containers to children's toys. unfortunately, bpa leaches out of its many products and makes its way into our bodies. what are the health effects of bpa exposure? ongoing research is finding that elevated exposure to bpa can affect a wide variety of developmental and physiological processes, but one of the first studies of bpa's health effects came about because of a simple mistake in the lab. at a laboratory at case western reserve university in 1998, geneticist patricia hunt was making a routine check of her female lab mice. as she extracted and examined developing eggs from the ovaries, she began to wonder what had gone wrong. she noticed that many of the eggs showed problems with their chromosomes, and some had irregular amounts of genetic material, which can lead to miscarriages and birth defects in mammals. she learned that a lab assistant had mistakenly washed the plastic mouse cages and water bottles with a harsh soap, releasing bpa from the plastic. knowing that bpa is an endocrine disruptor, a chemical that can enter organisms and mimic hormones, hunt set out to discover whether it had adversely affected her mice.