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Lunna [17]
3 years ago
15

Why is UVA light considered a mutagen?

Biology
2 answers:
Anestetic [448]3 years ago
8 0

UVA light is considered a mutagen because: It penetrates the skin and can cause mutations

vazorg [7]3 years ago
4 0

UVA light is considered a mutagen because it penetrates the outer layer of the skin and damages skin DNA. Hope that helps :))

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