8.8 Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification

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bioaccumulation
increase in concentration of a pollutant in an organism
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biomagnification
increase in concentration of a pollutant in a food chain

* effects on top carnivores, thinning eggshells, reproductive malformities
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human body systems affected
reproductive, nervous, and circulatory system issues
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apex predators
suffer the greatest effects of these substances because bioaccumulation has concentrated the substance in their fatty tissues
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human effects
* learning disabilities, kidney/liver dysfunction, damage to reproductive/circulatory/nervous systems, birth defects