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Yes they cause water pollution, as they are chemicals which are use to improved the quality and quantity of crops, but at last they settle at bottom of the crop, and get mixed with soil. And with rain they gets dissolved with soil , later when the rain water gets down under soil , they also get mixed in the water and cause water pollution.

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