This substance is of very high concern because … (description of the effects on human health and the environment, e.g., carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic for reproduction, very critical for the environment because it is persistent, toxic, and accumulate in organisms or which causes concern for other reasons such as endocrine disruption).
Poor nations also still spray DDT on inside walls because it is cheap, persistent and lethal.
This untethering from time is unsettling, because it is a persistent reminder that one's life is different from the people whom Morris calls "the normals".
Because it is moderately persistent under normal soil condition and has low to moderate water-solubility, ATZ is routinely found as a contaminant in many surface and ground waters [9], [10].
In this paper, we approach the problem of facilitating student understanding of energy, specifically in the context of the chemical bond, because it is a persistent obstacle to student mastery of a wide range of chemical and biological concepts and skills.
That should sound familiar, because it is a very persistent trope: America pretends it is perfectly comfortable with the ideal of a female president, only to discover that it is disappointed or horrified by every human woman it encounters.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant global health issue because it is widespread and persistent and can cause serious liver diseases.
Of the known pesticides that act as endocrine disruptors in wildlife, the herbicide atrazine is of special concern because it is a ubiquitous, persistent contaminant of ground-water and surface water that is active at low, ecologically relevant concentrations.
The latter agent is of particular interest, because it is supposed to generate persistent anti-tumoral immune responses and to hereby elicit long-term disease control and prolonged survival in the corresponding patients.
Hooliganism is so persistent partly because it is more widespread than many politicians and football supporters like to pretend.NCIS divides fans into three categories: A, for law-abiding ones; B, for those who will fight if provoked or presented with the opportunity; and C, for serious, committed thugs.
The theory of fundamental causes [ 2] posits that SES can be a cause of poor health because it can be persistent over time and it influences multiple disease outcomes, through disease risk factors and mechanisms.
