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Presistent pesticides such as `DDT` pass into food chain and increase in amount per unit weight of organism due to their accumulation in fat. This phenomenon is called

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biomagnification

B

biodegradation

C

biosynthesis

D

decomposition

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Biomagnification is a process of increasing the amount of persistent pesticides per unit weight of organisms due to their accumulation in fat .
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