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Organic and inorganic industrial wastes and effluents discharged into rivers and water bodies causes ______.

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water pollution

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air pollution

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C

noise pollution

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land pollution

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Solution

The correct option is A water pollution
Organic and inorganic industrial wastes and effluents discharged into rivers and water bodies causes water pollution.

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