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Identify one farming practice that could be a source of environmental pollution?
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∙ 12y ago
Obviously any farming practice that introduces something into the environment that wasn't there before could be considered to be a source of environmental pollution, but most farming practices introduce very little that would be considered pollution.
A few examples that could be sources of environmental pollution are:
- Spreading pesticides or fertilizers on fields and then allowing runnoff contaminated with those substances to re-enter a river or lake
- Allowing animal waste from pig farming to enter local waterways during periods of flooding
- Slash and burn preparation of land for farming
- This is mostly used in rain forest areas where the jungle is burned down to get the nutrients that are locked up in the vegetation. The burned vegetation is then tilled into the soil to get the nutrients into it. Once the nutrients have been depleted from the soil, the farmer moves on to a new area - and starts the process over again. The burning part causes air pollution. The depleted land left at the end has a hard time growing anything and massive errosion usually occurs which fills the local waterways with the eroded dirt.
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