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Environmental pollution with heavy metals like Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury cause several toxic effects in living organisms including cancer.

All living organisms are continuously exposed to metals.

Continuous exposure and accumulation of a given metal in high concentrations in the organisms is referred to As Biological Magnification.

The accumulation usually occurs though Food chain and human beings are the ultimate victims.
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