A manufacturing plant uses methylene chloride. Which metabolic conversion makes this solvent particularly hazardous beyond its direct toxic effects?
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A
It is metabolized to formaldehyde in the liver
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B
It is endogenously converted to carbon monoxide, elevating carboxyhemoglobin
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C
It undergoes reductive dehalogenation to vinyl chloride
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D
It is converted to phosgene upon hepatic oxidation