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To affect the environment fertilizer has to be applied at a rate beyond the needs of the crop or plants. The excess washes off into urface waters or groundwater. fertillers are awsome! the are great for the environment .
Once in surface water the fertizer encourages plant growth (e.g. algae) which continue to grow until the extra food is gone. The algae then die and rot causing algal blooms which reduce oxygen in the water for fish.
In ground water the nitrates in the fertizer make the water unsafe for human or animal consumption.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoIf fertilizers are used correctly, there should be no side effects. However, if ingested accidentally, it counts as poison because of its potassium nitrate makeup and may cause nausea, vomiting, and other such related symptoms. If the dose is severe enough, it may cause blackouts and possible coma and death. It is also known to affect the surrounding wildlife if used incorrectly, e.g. applying far too much fertilizer.
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∙ 13y agoExcessive use of fertilizers by farmers and gardeners can result to the leakage of nitrogen and phosphates in soil, or water. When these chemicals are leaked into groundwater, they travel to larger bodies of water, such as, lakes or rivers. This can lead to a process known as Eutrophication where living beings can no longer live in a water body and can also cause stomach ulcers and blue baby syndromes in humans who intake these infected waters. Also, it is extremely expensive to clean these lakes and rivers up, because there will be a need for continuous checkups and cleans ups on the same water body to prevent it from re-polluting and species of organisms living there will have to be revived making it a long and difficult process.
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∙ 13y agoFertilizers which are chemically manufactured can only have harmful side effects with overuse.Overuse of such fertilizers can reverse the fertility of the soil, and reduce its productivity.It can also detoriate the water table below the soil and absorption of such water by crops can lead to its being practically inedible since the chances of it developing a low pH value via. acidic characteristic is very high.
However, no such effect will take place with manure and other natural fertilizer.
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∙ 11y ago- Fertilizers contribute to mineralize the top soil which in turn contributes to soil erosion because rain is less absorbed by the soil, and will just run off.
- The run-offs end up in the underground water or in the rivers and eventually into the ocean, together with the top soil.
- Nitrates in the underground water or rivers make the water toxic and non drinkable for human and animal life, requiring extensive purification.
- Phosphates that end up in lakes cause eutrophication, which is the filling up of lakes, and can cause harmful algal blooms in oceans which release toxins or have killed humans and animals from the decomposing gases after they end up on beaches. They are called red tides when they occur at large, or green tides for algae that beach on land.
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∙ 16y agothere are many health issuesthere are many health issuesthere are many health issues
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∙ 14y agobecause it can kill animals that we eat and the plants and even us because it is poisonuos to us
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∙ 11y agoecosystem can change slowly through the process of succession.
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∙ 10y agoeffects of usng fertilizers in soil
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it kills eagles
What are the advantages of biofertilizers over chemical fertilizers?
Biofertilizers are for environmentalists. Chemical fertilizers get the job done faster, better and with more interesting reactions. Hint: Look at the base of the flower root three minutes after applying any chemical fertilizer, and watch it change colour.
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Effects of fertilizers on water quality?
Properly fertilized land causes no water issues at all and provides several times more food then if fertilizers were not used. Without fertilizers the planet could not sustain anywhere near the volume of humans we currently have. Over fertilization with some forms of fertilizers can cause water contamination. Some fertilizers are natural and run off from them is not an issue.
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What are the affects of overeating ?your stomach blows up in side
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It is harmful and effects the air pollution
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What is the harmful effects of Jeeps?
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