LSAT 103 | Section 4 | Reading Comprehension: Q15

RC Question 15 Explanation

DISCUSSION: There’s nothing you can do beforehand on this type of question. Always try to support your answer by finding a line reference in the passage.

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1. PCBs may have been released from blubber (lines 32-37). We’re never told that brevetoxins are stored in blubber.
2. Lines 54 says “perhaps…offshore dumping”. We can’t be sure there was any dumping.
3. Same as B.
4. Brevetoxin accumulated in fish (lines 29-31). We don’t know if PCBs do.
5. CORRECT. See lines 47-51. PCBs affect the liver.