bioaccumulation
Definition
Process by which certain toxic substances (such as heavy metals and polychlorinated biphenyls) accumulate and keep on accumulating in living organisms, posing a threat to health, life, and to the environment. Also called bioconcentration, biological concentration, or biological magnification. See also bioaccumulant.
bioaccumulation is in the Environment & Pollution Control subject.
bioaccumulation appears in the definitions of the following terms: dangerous substance, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), cadmium (Cd), persistence, biological magnification, dioxins, biological concentration and bioconcentration
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