The inhalation of mercury vapor can produce harmful effects on the nervous, digestive and immune systems, lungs and kidneys, and may be fatal. Mild, sub-clinical signs of central nervous system toxicity can be seen in workers exposed to an elemental mercury level in the air of 20 μg/m3 or more for several years.
Answer:
Option: D is the correct answer.
D. The exponential function decays at three-fourths the rate of the quadratic function.
Explanation:
Natural environment has the ability to gather some pollutants yet if too much then the environment could no longer handle it. A leaky sewage can pollute an aquifer with I. arsenic as the contaminant. Arsenic is a metalloid existing in the Earth's crush. Exposure is natural yet can be aggravated by the human activities.