Synthetic Organic Compounds

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Across
  1. 3. the country in which a case study about mercury in the textbook is situated in
  2. 4. the origin of all these mercury problems
  3. 8. an example of a hormonally active agent
  4. 9. a POP that is known as "The Big Unknown" in the textbook
  5. 10. an organic compound that is both a POP and HAA
  6. 11. synthetic compounds that possess hormone-like activity regardless of mechanism
  7. 12. how a harmful type of mercury is transported throughout a body
  8. 13. birds who fly into buildings have lost this
  9. 15. POPs have this kind of molecular structure
  10. 16. can POPs travel over long distances? (yes/no)
Down
  1. 1. effects of HAAs on organisms
  2. 2. how synthetic organic compounds usually get to organisms
  3. 5. a level below which the effects of a pollutant are not observable but above the level when the effects are apparent
  4. 6. a type of mercury that is more harmful than inorganic mercury
  5. 7. organic compounds that are created by humans, toxic, soluble in fats and persistent in the environment
  6. 14. the number of categories of POPs