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The use of pesticide DDT is discouraged since this chemical is found in human body. How does this chemical enter our body ?

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DDT enters through the food chain into the human body by the process called biomagnification or biological concentration. DDT is a non-biodegradable chemical that remains toxic in the soil for a long time, absorbed by the plants and thus, enters into the food chain. It gets accumulated at every successive trophic level reaching maximum quantity in the top-most trophic level.

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