Review the extensive course of soil formation and the food chain. In order for conventionalagriculture to produce a fast yield in consumer markets, many synthetics are added to the soils and the diets...

Answer each question with a minimum of 40 words per question:
Answer each question with a minimum of 40 words per question:
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Review the extensive course of soil formation and the food chain.
1) In order for conventional agriculture to produce a fast yield in consumer markets, many synthetics are added to the soils and the diets of livestock for fast growth. 
Consider all that is put into the soil in addition to the natural ingredients of air, water, minerals, organisms and leaf litter.  Added items include pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, fertilizers.  For livestock operations, consider the additional components of hormones, antibiotics, preservatives and additives.  Some of these may be needed, but many are questioned by various health agencies and consumer groups.
These items are potentially hazardous to humans, according to your authors.  Thus, they ask us to consider the topics of alternative or sustainable farming, organic farming, and integrated pest controls.
Find an article on bioaccumulation or biomagnification of conventionally used agricultural agents in species and human consumers (if you can) and summarize your findings!  Don't forget to document your sources.  What is your conclusion?
Ans. Process of accumulation of poisonous substances in the organisms at different trophic levels is called biomagnifications. For example, let us consider the following food chains where poisonous substances enter the food chain at the producer’s level: grasses ( sheep, goat or cow ( man. In this food chain, grasses are the producers. These absorb harmful chemicals from the soil. These chemicals reach the body of the sheep or goat on eating the grass. These harmful chemicals along along with the milk and meat of sheep or goat reach man’s body and accumulate there. Recently DDT which is a poisonous chemical has been found in concentration higher than the permissible limit. It enters the food chain at the producer’s level and accumulates in the body of sheep, goat or cow. Through milk DDT reaches the man’s body. Mercury present in air can be deposited in water. It is then converted to methyl mercury by certain microorganisms present in water. Methyl mercury is very toxic and can enter fish and shell fish. Methyl mercury can also enter the body of human beings who eat fishes and it can cause harm to human health. The most common...