What is Bioaccumulation?
'''Bioaccumulation''' is how [[toxic]] substances (such as [[pesticide]]s) build up in living organisms. This is bad for health, life, and the [[environment]]. Similar terms are bioconcentration, biological concentration, or biological magnification.<ref>Alexander D.E. 1999. Bioaccumulation, bioconcentration, biomagnification. In Environmental Geology: ''Encyclopedia of Earth Science''. Dordrecht: Springer-Verlag.</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Environmental chemistry]]