Pollutants and pollution are a major cause for biodiversity loss - Justify

Explanation

(i) The execssive use of fertilizers. pesticides and heavy metals have potluted the land ground and surface water bodies.
(ii) There is a decline in the population of fish eating birds and falcons due to pesticide bio magnification which results in high concentrations of such pesticides in higher tropic levels like fishes.
(iii) Eutrophication of water bodies is resulted by the run off from fertilizer rich fields.
(iv) Metal contamination like mercury arsenic, cadmium and cromium bas lead to depletion of biotic resources in wlnerable ecosystems.
(v) The veterinary medicine, Diclofenae used for the thinning of egg shells is said to be responsible for the death of vulture population.