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Editorial Note on Bioaccumulation
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Journal of Biodiversity & Endangered Species

ISSN: 2332-2543

Open Access

Editorial - (2022) Volume 10, Issue 3

Editorial Note on Bioaccumulation

Juan Xiao*
*Correspondence: Juan Xiao, School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Engineering Research Center of Utilization of Tropical Polysaccharide Resources, Haikou, P.R. China, Email:
School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Engineering Research Center of Utilization of Tropical Polysaccharide Resources, Haikou, P.R. China

Received: 02-Mar-2022, Manuscript No. jbes-22-61657; Editor assigned: 04-Mar-2022, Pre QC No. P-61657; Reviewed: 15-Mar-2022, QC No. Q-61657; Revised: 20-Mar-2022, Manuscript No. R-61657; Published: 26-Mar-2022 , DOI: 10.37421/2332-2543.2022.10.413
Citation: Xiao, Juan. “Editorial Note on Bioaccumulation.” J Biodivers Endanger Species 10 (2022): 413.
Copyright: © 2022 Xiao J. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Editorial

The term "bioaccumulation" refers to the accumulation of chemicals in fish. Chemicals such as PCBs, DDT, dioxins, and mercury pass through the food chain. Build up in the fishes' bodies the image below shows what I mean. Demonstrates how this could occur in a lake near you. The apex of the food chain is made up of people. When you're ready, consume a lot of fish with chemicals in it, such Chemicals might also accumulate in your body. In the meantime, Fish chemicals do not make you sick immediately away [1]. They may cause health issues in the future. The accumulation of a chemical in an organism relative to its amount in the ambient medium, known as bioaccumulation, is a major environmental concern. As a result, monitoring chemical concentrations in biota is becoming more popular as a means of determining the chemical state of aquatic ecosystems. Various scientific and regulatory elements of bioaccumulation in aquatic systems, as well as pertinent essential issues, are reviewed in this work. Chemical concentrations in biota can be monitored to ensure compliance with regulatory directions, identify chemical sources, and estimate event-related environmental risk.

Bioaccumulation is difficult to assess in the field since there are so many variables that might influence a chemical's accumulation in an organism. Bioaccumulation is also evaluated for the control of substances of concern to the environment, with data primarily derived from laboratory research on fish bioaccumulation. Field data, on the other hand, can offer regulators with additional useful information. Bioaccumulation assessment strategies for various regulations and chemical categories still need to be standardised. Communication between the risk assessment and monitoring groups must be improved in order to raise awareness of significant concerns and to benefit from each other's technical skills and scientific results. Scientists can help establish new bioaccumulation monitoring systems, such as under the modified European Environmental Quality Standard Directive [2].

Bioaccumulation is also evaluated for the control of substances of concern to the environment, with data primarily derived from laboratory research on fish bioaccumulation. Field data, on the other hand, can offer regulators with additional useful information. Bioaccumulation assessment strategies for various regulations and chemical categories still need to be standardised. Communication between the risk assessment and monitoring groups must be improved in order to raise awareness of significant concerns and to benefit from each other's technical skills and scientific results. Scientists can help establish new bioaccumulation monitoring systems, such as under the modified European Environmental Quality Standard Directive [3].

In 2013, the German Federal Institute of Hydrology and the German Federal Environment Agency held a scientific colloquium in Koblenz (Germany) to discuss various scientific and regulatory aspects of bioaccumulation in aquatic systems. The colloquium was divided into three sessions, each of which featured presentations and discussions with specialists from academia, government agencies, and industry on methodology, monitoring, and assessment of bioaccumulation. The writers of this publication summarise and condense major points raised in the presentations and provide a concise overview of the event's conclusions, with an emphasis on the situation in Europe. The authors concentrate on metals and hydrophobic organic molecules because they make up the majority of bio accumulative substances [4].

Antiretrovirals are medications that are used to treat the human immunodeficiency virus; they are emerging pollutants that have gotten a lot of attention in recent decades because of their potential detrimental environmental consequences. There is a scarcity of information on the bioaccumulation of these medications and the potential environmental concerns they represent to aquatic creatures. The goal of this study was to assess abacavir and efavirenz bioaccumulation in Rhinella arenarum tadpoles subjected to acute static toxicity testing (96 h) at environmentally relevant doses. The analytical approach entailed the creation and refinement of an ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography technology with tandem mass spectrometry detection [5].

Conflict of Interest

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