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Question
With reference to the sources of water pollutants answer the following question:
How do the radioactive wastes get into the water bodies?
Solution
Wastes produced by nuclear power stations nuclear weapons/testing, research laboratories, and hospitals, are the main radioactive wastes which pollute the water bodies.
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