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Question
In what way does soil pollution affect human beings?
Solution
Human beings are affected through food chains e.g. Nitrogenous fertilizers produce toxic concentration of nitrate and nitrite in the leaves through soil, pollution of soil by underground water polluted by industrial wastes. Eutrophication causes pollution of water and soil making it infertile and unsuitable for plant growth.
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