A farmer notices that the corn in her fields is growing slowly, so she adds twice the normal amount of fertilizer to each field. soon after, dead fish begin to turn up in the lake adjacent to her property. what is the probable explanation?

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Macey Bass

3 June, 12:46

A farmer notices that the corn in her fields is growing slowly, so she adds twice the normal amount of fertilizer to each field. soon after, dead fish begin to turn up in the lake adjacent to her property. what is the probable explanation?

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Helena Reyes · Answer 1

Lawn and farming fertilizer is harmful to the enviroment due to the abundance of chemicals. When it rain or seeped underground, the fertilizer leaked into the nearby lake and thus, all the fish died to the chemicals in the fertilizer.