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The “bioconcentration” aspects of DDT in the environment

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Residue Reviews

Part of the book series: Residue Reviews ((RECT,volume 61))

Abstract

The term bioconcentration is not listed in any of the English language dictionaries; it is a compound word which combines the prefix bio, meaning life, and concentration, which means many things, but in the connotation of this text it refers to the accumulation of a pesticide in a living organism. Apparently, the word has been applied primarily to studies and discussions of the insecticide DDT and its metabolites as they occur and persist in the environment. The abundance of pesticide literature on this particular phase of the subject indicates that the term bioconcentration is a dirty word—that the presence of the pesticide in the soil, the waters, the air, the living organism, and the ecosystem in general is undesirable. In fact, one highly respected and world renowned authority in the pesticide field has concluded that the term has been ruined for scientific use.

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

Thomas Henry Huxley

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