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How do pesticides become accumulated along the food chain?In: Pest Control |
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When pesticides are sprayed into stagnent pools of water, either by accident or on purpose, small larvae eat the pesticide. Then it gradually travels up the food chain by predators eating their prey. This was the reason why DDT was banned, when it reached the bald eagles through the food chain, it affected their eggs by making them soft. Thus, the eggs were smashed when they were attempted to be incubbated by their parents.
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