Biomagnification organochlorines

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At each step in the food web, organochlorine contaminants undergo biomagnification and remain firmly bound to lipid molecules. The term biomagnification is self-explanatory, whereby the minuscule levels of toxic chemicals in the water become concentrated in wildlife bodies, often ending up at high concentrations in organisms at the top of the food web.6-8... 

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II. The accumulation and concentration of chemicals in the environment via the food chain. This is known as bioaccumulation and biomagnification, and applies especially to chemicals which are soluble in fat such as the organochlorine pesticides. The animals (e.g. fish-eating birds) at the top of the food chain acquire the highest concentration of chemical. 

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