Sentences with phrase «bioaccumulate up the food chain»

Overall, it is known that DDT concentrates in biological systems (particularly in body fat), that it is a toxin, and that it bioaccumulates up the food chain, reaching its greatest concentrations in higher animals such as humans.

Although they are distinctly different than mercury in chemical composition, they also bioaccumulate up the food chain, and some fish may contain all three contaminants.

Selenium is a micronutrient that bioaccumulates up the food chain and has been linked to a variety of problems, including deformed fish.

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PCBs have a tendency to bioaccumulate in fatty tissue as they move up the food chain.

These pollutants bioaccumulate in the tissues of marine organisms, biomagnify up the food chain, and find their way into the foods we eat.»

Additionally, the chemicals tend to bioaccumulate in organisms as they move up the food chain, and can eventually lead to tainted populations of fish that humans regularly consume.

As these fibers move up the food chain, the toxins that have been absorbed bioaccumulate.