"Human beings occupy the top level in anu food chain". What are the consequrnces of this in oir body

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As humans occupy the topmost trophic level in food chain, harmful chemical and pesticides which are used to protect the crops gets accumulated at each trophic level. This will affect maximum to humans by the process of biomagnification. Biomagnification is the increase in the concentration of a substance with the increase in the trophic level. This will ultimately degrade our health and we will suffer from a number of diseases.

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1. Each organism occupies one trophic level in a food chain.

2. A trophic level in a food chain may be occupied by any of the producers, herbivores, carnivores or decomposers

3. Top consumers in a food chain generally feed on secondary consumers.

4. GFC and DFC are the common food chains and the latter is having maximum energy than the first

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