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 Translation for 'bioaccumulation' from English to Dutch
NOUN   bioaccumulation | -
biol.milieu
bioaccumulatie {de}
bioaccumulation
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Translation for 'bioaccumulation' from English to Dutch

bioaccumulation
bioaccumulatie {de}biol.milieu
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Usage Examples English
  • In May 2009, pentaBDE was added to the Stockholm Convention as it meets the criteria for the so-called persistent organic pollutants of persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity.
  • Some" Desulfovibrio" species have in recent years been shown to have bioremediation potential for toxic radionuclides such as uranium by a reductive bioaccumulation process.
  • Other issues with ecosystems include bioaccumulation.
  • Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals, in an organism.
  • Thus, bioconcentration and bioaccumulation occur within an organism, and biomagnification occurs across trophic (food chain) levels.

  • Bioaccumulation is significant in water-dwelling organisms and birds, and nonylphenol has been found in internal organs of certain animals at concentrations of 10 to 1,000 times greater than the surrounding environment.
  • Like many lipophilic toxins, PCBs undergo biomagnification and bioaccumulation primarily due to the fact that they are easily retained within organisms.
  • The mussel is susceptible to bioaccumulation of hazardous levels of toxins from the cyanobacterium "Anabaena circinalis" which can lead to paralytic shellfish poisoning when eaten.
  • Pharmaceuticals represent a serious threat to aquifer systems because of their bioactive nature, which makes them capable of interacting directly with therein residing living microorganisms and yielding bioaccumulation and biomagnification phenomena.
  • Flufenoxuron toxicity to humans and other mammals is low, but it has a very high bioaccumulation in fish.

  • Dioxins in general are hard to break down efficiently. This causes bioaccumulation and environmental persistence.
  • Results shown bioaccumulation of lanthanum, samarium, gadolinium and yttrium in "Sinotaia aeruginosa" and there was found no bioaccumulation of cerium in this snail.
  • The combination of behavioral and physiological responses, CBR estimates, and chemical fate and bioaccumulation QSAR models can be a powerful regulatory tool to address pollution and toxicity in areas where effluents are discharged.
  • Another consideration is that effects to wildlife and humans from bioaccumulation are not considered in ERL and ERM measurements.
  • birostris" are also victims of bioaccumulation in certain regions.

  • Given its lack of bioaccumulation and toxicity, the EU determined that galaxolide does not meet the criteria for being a substance classified as Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic to the environment (PBT).
  • illucens" larvae have been observed to accumulate cadmium at a concentration of 93% and bioaccumulation factor of 5.6, lead, mercury, zinc with a bioaccumulation factor of 3.6, and arsenic at a concentration of 22%.
  • In terms of environmental remediation, biosorption is preferable to bioaccumulation because it occurs at a faster rate and can produce higher concentrations.
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