Increase in population sizes lead to increasing demand for food. Farmers use synthetic fertilizers to add necessary nutrients to the soil so crops grow. What is the ultimate consequence of this fertilizer use?

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Increase in population sizes lead to increasing demand for food. Farmers use synthetic fertilizers to add necessary nutrients to the soil so crops grow. What is the ultimate consequence of this fertilizer use?
a. deoxygenated water bodies
b.  algal blooms grow rapidly 
c.  fertilizer runs off with rainwater
d.  death of aquatic organisms

PsyDAG · Accepted Answer

Synthetic fertilizers have long-term negative effects. Synthetic fertilizers kill beneficial microorganisms in the soil that convert dead human and plant remains into nutrient-rich organic matter. Nitrogen- and phosphate -based synthetic fertilizers leach into groundwater and increase its toxicity, causing water pollution.

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