food chain

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The microplastics ultimately accumulate in the food chain, harming humans and other creatures that eat the fish.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Hook joins the New York company from Chicago-style food chain Portillo’s, where she had been finance chief since late 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

But for clubs lower down the food chain, that level of success can come at a cost; your best talent - managers included - become sought-after personnel for the more established.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Scientists now believe that the earliest octopuses were not quiet, elusive creatures but massive predators that hunted at the very top of the marine food chain alongside large vertebrates.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

We can still decide, every day, what we’re going to put into our bodies, what sort of food chain we want to be part of.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan