Pesticides (chemicals that kill insects) applied to crops in farmlands, contaminate surface water and ground water often in large quantities, leading to pollution.
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Use of pesticides decreases water pollution.
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Explain how the use of pesticides in agriculture causes water pollution.
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Pesticides cause water and soil pollution.