Which of the Following Describes a Scenario Involving Pesticide Drift

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes a scenario involving pesticide drift?

• A)Pesticides are copied by companies producing generic varieties,but the generic varieties have greater toxic effects than the original pesticides.
• B)Pesticides contain carcinogens that cause cancer in the workers using the chemicals.
• C)Pesticides leach into groundwater aquifers,sickening those who use the aquifers for drinking water.
• D)Pesticides being used in a mountain valley are carried by air currents into the surrounding hills,killing amphibians living in the hills' streams.
• E)Pesticides run off into a local waterway that flows into a nearby fishing lake,killing some of the sensitive species of fish that live in the lake.

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