Why is it so difficult for many toxins and poisons to penetrate the blood-brain barrier?

a. Because the human immune system has killer t-cells that attack such foreign agents.
b. Because those agents are too large to get out of the human blood stream.
c. Because the presence of such invaders triggers a fever, which kills them.
d. Because those agents are not soluble in fat.

Answer: D

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