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A farmer was using pesticides on his far...

A farmer was using pesticides on his farm. He used the produce of his farm as food for rearing fishes, He was told that fishes were not fit for human consumption because large amount of pesticides had accumulated in the tissues of fishes. Explain how did this happen ?

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