Biodiversity and ConservationHard
Question
Drinking of mineral water with very low level of pesticides (about 0.02ppm) for long periods may
Options
A.produce immunity against mosquito
B.cause leukemia (blood cancer)in most people
C.causecancer of intestine
D.lead to accumulation of pesticide residues in body fat
Solution
Pasticides in a drinking water pass into food chain and they increase in amount per unit weight of organisms with the rise in trophic level due to their accumulation in fat (biomagnification).
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