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Water pollution makes water unfit for drinking.

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Industrial effluents, disposal of sewage, pesticides and feritilizers used by farmers and oil spills cause water pollution. Polluted water contains unwanted poisonous chemicals and microorganism. Polluted water causes serious diseases, like jaundice, amoebiasis and cholera. Hence, it is unfit for drinking.
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