Multiple choice

Which of following chemicals is not associated with biological magnification?

  1. Organophosphates

  2. Chlorinated hydrocarbon

  3. Polychlorinated biphenyls

  4. Heavy metal

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Heavy metal is not associated with biological magnification. Biological magnification is the increasing concentration of a chemical like toxic substance, in organism’s tissue at successively higher level in the food chain.