A fellow worker was present at his son's birth. He was really upset because his son was born with a white substance all over his skin and no one told him what the problem was. You should tell him ____

a. that it was probably cancer
b. that his baby probably had something wrong with it. You have never heard of such a thing.
c. that the white substance was vernix and many babies have that at birth. It protects their skin in utero.
d. that that was a greasy like substance that is used to help the baby emerge from the birth canal. They will wash it off later.

Answer: C

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