What is biomagnification? How is it caused?
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biomagnification or bioamplification is phenomenon in which the substances such as toxic chemicals get accumulated in tissues of organisms through food chains
Ex:fertilizers -water-fish-animals
causing diseases cancer,respiratory problems
Biomagnification, also known as bioamplification or biological magnification, is any concentration of a toxin, such as pesticides, in the tissues of tolerant organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain.
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.