The appropriate answer is doing. All of the above. Heavy metals are sometimes used in agricultural chemicals and can contaminate both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Heavy metal concentrations can build up overtime as industrialization progressed. Chemical spills can introduce heavy metals to ecosystems quickly with devastating effects.
Ribosomes are the organelle that produce proteins within eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells- taking information from the DNA in order to produce proteins.
Other organelles may be held responsible for the lack of protein production, but in this case it is most likely the ribosome.
