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After three decades (1, 2) of intensive research, the environmental behavior of DDT is still almost incomprehensible. Consider for a moment that fish can easily accumu late a million times the concentration of DDT found in the water they inhabit. Yet, incredible as it may seem, fish are doing that every day with DDT and several other interesting compounds. At the same time, there are numerous other chemicals they cannot bioaccumulate with such efficiency. These associations constitute the subject for this review. Fish and chemicals-how does the one accumulate the other? The effects of pollutants on fish have been comprehensively reviewed annually since 1968 (3a-h) in the Journal a/the Water Pollution Control Federation. Johnson has published two critical reviews (4, 5) dealing with pesticides and fish that are
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