Question

Use of excessive pesticides on crop leads to water_____________.

Answer 1

Pesticides: Chemical used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful for plants or animals.

• During agricultural activities farmers use a variety of artificial fertilizers or pesticides to kill microorganisms.
• They also spray the crop with very poisonous insecticides which are washed down to the rivers, thereby causing pollution of potable water.
• Sometimes these chemicals percolate through the soil and mix with the underground water.
• This causes pollution of underground water.

Thus, the Use of excessive pesticides on crops leads to water Pollution.