Bioaccumulation
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Related Terms
environmental contamination, food chain contamination
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Scope Note
process by which a compound or its metabolites accumulates (is not excreted) in an organisms' tissues over the life span of the organism; concentration of the compound increases up the food chain.
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- Understanding the dynamic process of bioaccumulation is very important in protecting human beings and other organisms from the adverse effects of chemical exposure, and it has become a critical consideration in the regulation of chemicals.
- through the gills), whereas bioaccumulation is uptake through water and food.
- The panel believes that it is important to recognize that some metals (for example, Cd, Pb, and U) do bioaccumulate in the tissues of humans and that this bioaccumulation is related to the toxicity of these metals.
- Bioaccumulation is a process by which living organisms, especially those living in water, can collect and concentrate chemicals both directly from the surrounding environment (i.
- For a predator, bioaccumulation is compounded because there is an increasing concentration of methylmercury in each successive link of its aquatic food chain.
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