Definition for Bioaccumulation

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Bioaccumilation
Bioamplification

1. The process by which toxic substances increase in concentration within a living organism due to intake rates being greater than excretion and metabolism.

2. Build up in the food chain.

3. Toxicants build up in animal tissues.

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