How does bioaccumulation of toxic substances occur? How do they affect biodiversity, the health of organisms and what are the ecological implications of these effects on the ecosystems on which we depend?

Abstract

Plants, animals, and people are suffering the consequences of using chemicals in industries such as agri-food, specifically the use of pesticides, which most of the time end up having lethal and sub-lethal effects on the organisms that form the food chains. Likewise, chemical accumulations have been observed to be exponentiated at higher trophic levels, producing detrimental effects from the base to the top, and being greater each time.