**3. Characteristics of POPs**

The WHO report further indicates that POPs biomagnify throughout the food chain and bioaccumulate in organisms. The highest concentrations of POPs are thus found in organisms

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at the top of the food chain. Consequently, background levels of POPs can be found in the human body [1].

• Anthropological effects of POPs

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