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The harmful chemical which is accumulating in the humans being through the food chain is :

(a) benzene hexachloride (b) dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane

(c) chlorofluorocarbon (d) abscisic acid

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(b) dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane

The harmful pesticide that accumulates in the bodies of human beings through the food chain, through a process known as biomagnification, is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT).

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