• Question: Why are some toxins bad for the environment

    Asked by Hardsham101 to Min, Marcello, Katie, Israel, Dheeraj, Aoife on 12 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Marcello Valente

      Marcello Valente answered on 12 Nov 2019:

      Toxins are very bad for the environment when they are very lethal to many organisms and when they are difficult to eliminate (like plastic).

    • Photo: Aoife McHugh

      Aoife McHugh answered on 13 Nov 2019:

      Different toxins are poisons to different things. Some toxins are poisons to plants, some to insects, some to different animals and some to humans. Some toxins are poisons to all forms of life. We don’t want to be releasing these to the environment in case they harm the life in the area.

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