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What Is the Problem with Agricultural Runoff?

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agricultural runoff was polluting the large rivers. Consider the farmlands in the Midwest; the Midwest from the Rockies to the Mississippi River is in the drainage basin of the Mississippi river. All the rain water as it dilutes the pesticides and fungicides used by the farmers run off. It finds its way into wells by percolating through the soil into the water table. Eventually ending up in the major rivers flowing into gulf on Mexico. For this reason the pesticide DDT is no longer allowed to be used. There are several other pesticides and fungicides that are on the do not use list.
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