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Pollutants and Their Classification

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One of the causes of pollution of water is that farmers use:

A

excessive water

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excessive seed

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C

excessive manure

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D

excessive fertilizer

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Solution

The correct option is C excessive fertilizer
Fertilizers in excess damage the soil and gets added into water while irrigation and they gets stagnated and produce water pollution.
So,the given statement is true.

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