What causes biomagnification?...
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The realese of toxic chemicals and pollutants into the environment such as the seas, air and land results in the accumulation of toxins and harmful chemicals in the environment. The concentration of these toxic chemicals and pollutants seem to be very low when realesed in different environment ,it eventually accumulates and gets observed by lower organisms in the food chain such as earthworms, plants etc.
When the lower organisms are eaten by other organisms and the process goes up the tropic levels, biomagnification occurs.
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Biomagnification process occurs when certain toxic chemicals and pollutants such as heavy metals, pesticides or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) compounds go up the food chain by working their way through the environment and into the soil or the water systems after which they are eaten by aquatic animals or plants.