Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals, in an organism. Bioaccumulation occurs when an organism...

because of their contributions to ozone depletion, global warming, bioaccumulation, and toxicity. The area of organofluorine chemistry often requires...

transport, which allows them to travel far from their source, and bioaccumulation, which reconcentrates these chemical compounds to potentially dangerous...

interchangeably with "bioaccumulation", an important distinction is drawn between the two, and with bioconcentration. Bioaccumulation occurs within a trophic...

effects. Bioaccumulation is the process by which an organism takes in chemicals through ingestion, exposure, and inhalation. Bioaccumulation is broken...

assess bioaccumulation and bioconcentration. These include: octanol-water partition coefficients (KOW), bioconcentration factors (BCF), bioaccumulation factors...

Ciguatoxins are a class of toxic polycyclic polyethers found in fish that cause ciguatera. There are several different chemicals in this class. "CTX" is...

which potentially endangers marine organisms and may lead to further bioaccumulation. Ozone is considered to be an effective tool for removing triclosan...

nontarget organisms. TBT toxicity can lead to biomagnification or bioaccumulation within such nontarget organisms like invertebrates, vertebrates, and...

approximately 200 fish sampled in the North Atlantic had consumed plastic. Bioaccumulation (a buildup of a certain substance in the adipose tissue) and biomagnification...

Parabens are organic compounds that are commonly used as preservatives in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products. They are esters of parahydroxybenzoic acid...

collected from the Murrumbidgee River. The mussel is susceptible to bioaccumulation of hazardous levels of toxins from the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis...

known to accumulate in the Atlantic blue marlin, a process known as bioaccumulation. In 2017, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department issued a consumption...

nanoplastics (MNPs) are ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact, with bioaccumulation varying based on particle size, composition, and physicochemical characteristics...

biomass which resulted in a shift in research from bioaccumulation to biosorption. Though bioaccumulation and biosorption are used synonymously, they are...

the food web Bioaccumulation controls internal concentrations of pollutants, including PFAS, in individual organisms. When bioaccumulation is looked at...

Because of these factors PBTs have been observed to have a high order of bioaccumulation and biomagnification, very long retention times in various media, and...

considered water-cleaning ecosystem engineers. They are also important in bioaccumulation and, as a result, as indicator organisms. Filter feeders can be sessile...

caterpillars, and termites. It is not highly toxic to mammals, but bioaccumulation may be a concern. It has a low level of toxicity to birds and moderate...

Agaricus abruptibulbus is a species of mushroom in the genus Agaricus. It is commonly known as the abruptly-bulbous agaricus or the flat-bulb mushroom...

cadmium sulfide (CdS). It is used for its fluorescent properties. Bioaccumulation of this chemical may occur along the food chain, for example in plants...

figure for a Pycnandra acuminata sample from New Caledonia. Due to its bioaccumulation capabilities, P. balgooyi has been brought forward as a potential candidate...

groundwater at sites across the United States. The toxicity, mobility and bioaccumulation potential of PFOS and PFOA pose potential adverse effects for the environment...

can take in plastic pollutants through biomagnification and bioaccumulation. Bioaccumulation is defined as the uptake of chemicals from the environment...

associated with hydrophobicity, persistence in the environment, and bioaccumulation in fatty tissues of living organisms. For this reason, chlorine is...

target molecules, forming potent bactericides, but methylmercury's bioaccumulation and ultimate toxicity has led to it being largely abandoned in favor...

fatty tissue and become increasingly concentrated in predators (see bioaccumulation). Very little is known about the dynamics of particles, especially...

are, however, so poorly soluble that this hinders their bioaccumulation. Bioaccumulation is followed by biomagnification. Lipid-soluble compounds are...

S2CID 219476361. Morel FM, Kraepiel AM, Amyot M (1998). "The chemical cycle and bioaccumulation of mercury". Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 29 (1): 543–66...

chronic toxicity or the consequences of bioaccumulation since siloxanes can be long-lived. Findings about bioaccumulation have been largely based on laboratory...