biomagnify

"Unlike heavy metals that biomagnify as they go up the foodchain, oil doesn't seem to do that," she said.

Scientists Find Evidence That Oil And Dispersant Mix Is Making Its Way Into The Foodchain 2010

"Unlike heavy metals that biomagnify as they go up the foodchain, oil doesn't seem to do that," she said.

Scientists Find Evidence That Oil And Dispersant Mix Is Making Its Way Into The Foodchain 2010

Dioxins also biomagnify through the food chain and can cause birth defects and death in wildlife.

AP Environmental Science Chapter 18- Human Health 2008

Unfortunately, the latter characteristic allows it to biomagnify through the food chain.

AP Environmental Science Chapter 18- Human Health 2008

All of them biomagnify (i.e., they become more concentrated in species with increasing food chain level).

AP Environmental Science Chapter 18- Human Health 2008

Methylmercury is of particular concern because it can build up or biomagnify in certain edible freshwater and saltwater fish and marine mammals to levels that are many times greater than levels in the surrounding water.

Mercury 2008

Organochlorines are relatively insoluble in water, very persistent in soils, bioaccumulate in fat, and biomagnify through food chains.

Chlorinated pesticides 2007