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Breast milk was chosen as a surrogate biomarker of previous maternal exposure to persistent pesticides because these compounds accumulate in lipid-rich tissue and thereby in breast milk (Beek 2000; Jensen and Slorach 1991).

These compounds accumulate in the photoreceptors cells in the retina that detect light during normal eye function as the light-sensitive pigments in these cells change conformation in response to photons.

In the absence of O, these compounds accumulate and are not metabolized further.

As secondary metabolites, these compounds accumulate in plant tissues to give attractive colours, which facilitate pollination and seed dispersal.

These compounds accumulate in green and yellow fluorescent bodies (GFB and YFB respectively), which are targeted to the cell wall and vacuole, respectively.

Due to their lipophilic nature, these compounds accumulate in adipose (fat) tissue, the site of many endocrine and metabolic functions that are disrupted in metabolic diseases and obesity.

Intake of POPs during the gestational period is therefore low compared with the amounts of these compounds accumulated in the maternal body over the lifetime.

These lipophilic compounds accumulate in the food chain and have half-lives of years to decades (Longnecker 2005; Wolff et al. 2000).

Because most compounds accumulated from the veraison stage till ripe/harvest stage, glycosidically bound terpenes had high concentrations in mature berries (Fig.  4a).

This is an important consideration because some EDCs may have very long half-lives and thus, even with low-exposure levels, these compounds could accumulate in tissues.

Similarly, although waxes can be detected in beans and flowers, these compounds predominantly accumulate in leaves.