In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

[Q]: (CNN) Your "BPA-free" plastic product may be no safer than the product it replaced, says a new UCLA study that analyzed the impact of a common BPA alternative on zebra fish embryos. The study joins a small but growing group of similar research sounding the alarm about so called "BPA-free" alternatives. "Our findings are frightening and important," said senior author and reproductive endocrinologist Nancy Wayne. "Consider it the aquatic version of the canary in the coal mine." After decades of animal research linked BPA (Bisphenol A), a known endocrine disruptor, to problems with brain and reproductive development, early puberty and a rise in breast and prostate cancer, many manufacturers stopped using the chemical to harden plastics, replacing it with "BPA-free" alternatives. The most common replacement is BPS (Bisphenol S), said Wayne.BPA-free alternatives may be no safer than BPA, say researchersMost common alternative, BPS, linked in study to disruptions of estrogen and thyroid hormones 
 Question:In addition to the effect on estrogen, the study also found both _ and BPS affected the thyroid hormone system.
[A]: BPA


[Q]: (CNN) Sea Port Products Corp is voluntarily recalling a batch of its scallops after at least 206 people became sick with hepatitis A, prompting an investigation by the US Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease control and Prevention. The federal agencies are assisting the Hawaii Department of Health, which reported the cases on August 17. The cases are linked to raw scallops. Of those who contracted hepatitis A, 51 were hospitalized. All the cases involve adults. Hepatitis A is a liver disease that can cause severe stomach pains, dark jaundice and fatigue. If someone has a weak immune system it can also cause liver failure and death.The FDA and CDC are helping the Hawaii Department of Health investigate a hepatitis A outbreakSea Port Products Corp voluntarily recalled the scallops that were not meant for retail sale 
 Question:As with any question about food safety, the _ has an information line: 1-888-SAFEFOOD.
[A]: A


[Q]: (CNN) In a surprising move the Venezuelan opposition is calling a coup, the Venezuelan Supreme Court has stripped the country's National Assembly of its powers. The court ruled that all powers vested under the legislative body will be transferred to the Supreme Court, which is stacked with government loyalists. The ruling effectively means the three branches of the Venezuelan government will be controlled by the ruling United Socialist Party. The opposition has been taken out of the picture. Prominent opposition leaders are already calling the government of President Nicolás Maduro "a dictatorship." "Nicolás Maduro has staged a coup d'état," National Assembly President Julio Borges said Thursday. "What this ruling means is that, for the first time, Nicolás Maduro has all the power to enact laws, assign contracts, incur foreign debt and persecute fellow Venezuelans."Decision effectively means the three branches of government will be controlled by ruling partyVenezuela is facing a deep humanitarian crisis sparked by an economic meltdown 
 Question:The Peruvian government broke off diplomatic relations with _ over the matter, recalling Mariano López Chávarry, its ambassador to Caracas.
[A]:
Venezuelan