Heavy metal bioaccumulation

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the environmental-chemistry subtree

Hg / Cd / Pb / As biomagnify up food-chain via fat-soluble methylmercury or protein-binding. Minamata Bay 1956 → Minamata Convention 2013 mercury-treaty. Bioaccumulation factor (BAF) and biota-sediment-accumulation factor (BSAF)…

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