Question

A negative effect of lawn fertilizer and pesticides is _____.
A.) green grass
B.) minimized insects
C.) water pollution
D.) soil nutrients

Answer 1

Although insecticides and pesticides help to kill insects and pests, they also destroy the quality of water body or a water channel across a given area.

Some pesticides are so persistent in the environment that they break down slowly and they also have an adverse effect on birds, fishes, other aquatic plants and animals.

Answer 2

The correct answer is option "water pollution"

We are familiar with  fact that fertilizers are used to increase the growth of plants by killing off the pest and insects that harm them.

To increase the production, these fertilizers are being used in a massive amount, polluted water around the crops. Many studies have shown that these fertilizers contain toxic and carcinogenic elements that pose threat to human race.

These harmful chemicals can pollute our environment through air, water and soil.