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Phosphate pollution is brought about by...

Phosphate pollution is brought about by

A

phosphate rocks

B

automobile exhausts

C

sewage and phosphate rocks

D

sewage and agricultural fertilisers.

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D

The sources of phosphate pollution are sewage treatment plants, phosphate fertilisers used in agricultural fields, etc.
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