• Does the Commonly Used Herbicide "2, 4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid" Cause Destruction of Aquatic Organisms, Especially the Brown Planaria?

     

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Published: 20.04.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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Each year in the United States of America over 69 percent of the available water is used for agriculture and 8 percent is used for domestic uses. Sewage, industrial waste and agricultural chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers are the main point of water pollution. In the year of 1995 the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) reported that 37 percent of our country's lakes and estuaries, and 36 percent of our country's rivers are too polluted for basic uses including fishing and swimming during all or part of the year. …

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