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Infographic illustrating bioaccumulation and biomagnification, showing how toxins build up in small organisms and increase in concentration as they move up the food chain to larger fish and apex predators. Fish swim among floating plastic bottles and debris in polluted Atlantic Ocean water near Coruna, Spain. Rachel Carson speaks into multiple microphones at a Senate subcommittee hearing on pesticides in 1963, wearing glasses and a dark dress with papers in front of her.
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Bioaccumulation: References & Edit History

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  • Manjishtha Bhattacharyya
    Manjishtha Bhattacharyya is an editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She holds a PhD in zoology from Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, and has more than seven years of experience in science communication and research publishing.
  • Karen Sottosanti
    Karen Sottosanti is a writer and editor who works in educational publishing. 

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