Question

Why water soluble pollutants usually do not get biomagnified?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Water-soluble pollutants usually do not get biomagnified because the polluting substances get dissolved in the water and therefore does not expand the concentration of the compound.

Biomagnification, also well known as  biological magnification can be defined as the increasing concentration of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in the tissues of tolerant organisms at successively higher levels in a food chain.

Answer 2

The process by which some harmful compounds, such as pesticides and mercury, find their way into the environment through water bodies and progressively rise up the food chain in much higher amounts is known as "biological accumulation" or "biomagnification."

Biomagnification:

• Biomagnification is the accumulation of a chemical by an organism as a result of exposure to both food and water, resulting in a concentration that is higher than what would have been expected from equilibrium and higher than what would have occurred with only water exposure.
• Any concentration of a toxin, such as pesticides, in the tissues of resistant organisms at progressively higher levels in a food chain, is known as biomagnification, also called bioamplification or biological magnification.
• The process through which various organisms in a food chain accumulate hazardous substances is known as biomagnification.
• Mercury in predatory fish is a well-known illustration of it.
• Because of how high this level is, eating these can result in cancer.

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