Question

Pesticides and fertilizers are sprayed in fields then how do they reach water bodies to pollute

Answer 1

during rain the pesticides and fertilizers gets washed and mix with underground water .. and when the underground water flows to the water bodies they carry pesticides along with them

Answer 2

Pesticides and fertilizers are sprayed in fields.

When rain occurs , this fertilizers get washed away and they may enter water bodies.

This is also termed as surface run off .

Surface run off is a major cause of water pollution.

It results in eutrophication or the excess of nutrients in a water body.

It also results in terrible consequences of living organisms in water bodies.