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Pesticide residues build up most in which organisms of a food chain?

ASoil bacteria
BPrimary herbivores
CTop level consumers
DProducer plants
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Top level consumers
1. Non-degradable chemicals accumulate at each level. 2. Humans at the top get the maximum. 3. This is biological magnification. _Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 15, Our Environment._
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