1a. What hypothesis did Grandjean et al. (1998) test? (one or sentence answer)


1b. What model system did Grandjean et al. (1998) used to test their hypothesis? (one or two sentence answer)

Answer for 1b: Grandjean et al. used a sample of individuals from the Faroe Islands to investigate how methylmercury might alter cognitive ability.

2a. What hypothesis did Schober et al. (2003) test? (one or two sentence answer)

Answer for 2a: There are two full credit answers for 2a. First answer: Schober et al. (2003) did not set out to test any a priori hypothesis. Rather, they wanted to just measure methylmercury levels in US residents. Second answer: Schober et al. (2003) tested the hypothesis that methylmercury levels in US residents are always less than the methylmercury reference dose calculated by the EPA.

2b. What model system did Schober et al. (2003) investigate? (one or two sentence answer)