Medical Definition of Biological magnification
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The process by which toxins such as pesticides build up in each successive link in the food chain.
For instance, a given population of beetles may have very low levels of a fat-soluble pesticide, but the pesticide will build to much greater levels in the fat of a bird that eats those beetles, and the pesticide will reach greater levels still in a human or panther that eats the beetle-eating birds.
(21 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biological Magnification
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