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Agrochemical.
(i) Pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are also toxic to the non-target organisms a useful component of soil ecosystem:
(ii) The.pesticides can be biomagnified in terrestrial ecosystem through food chains.
(iii) Artificial fertilisers can cause eutrophication to an aquatic ecosystem.
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