Excessive use of chemicals in agriculture can cause environmental pollution.

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Many chemicals such as fertilisers, insecticides, pesticides, etc are used in agriculture to increase the quality and quantity of harvest. Excessive use of these chemicals creates problems since they can be poisonous to many plant and animal species and cause environmental pollution.

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