Some chemicals and heavy metals bioaccumulate readily because they are
A) rare in the environments, so organisms collect them efficiently.
B) very concentrated in the abiotic environment.
C) stored in the body because they have nutritional value.
D) collected in the body more rapidly than they are removed.
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