Q. residues are rapidly passed through food chain causing biomagnification because is

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Many of pesticides, such as DDT, aldrin and dieldrin are fat soluble and generally non- biodegradable. In the food chain, because of their build up, they get magnified in the higher trophic levels called biological magnification. The phenomenon of biological magnification is also reported of certain other pollutants such as, heavy metals, eg, mercury, copper and radioactive substances as strontium-.