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The EPA wants to publish a social media post about how water pollution enters the world’s fresh-water sources. Which of the following statements should be included in the post to explain the MOST accurately how pollutants enter fresh water?

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from aerosol cans and air-conditioning units

from aerosol cans and air-conditioning units

from ships on the sea when they dump chlorofluorocarbons

from ships on the sea when they dump chlorofluorocarbons

from the surface water due to runoff

from the surface water due to runoff

from icebergs melting in the Atlantic

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
from the surface water due to runoff

Runoff from rain, melting snow, and irrigation carries pollutants (fertilizers, pesticides, oil, sediment, heavy metals, waste) from land into rivers, lakes, and groundwater — the main way contaminants enter fresh-water sources.