Fertilizer overuse damages agriculture and environment in China

Epoch Times: Farmers in China keep increasing the use of chemical fertilizer in an effort to improve yield, while experts warn their overuse is making formerly arable land unusable, degrading the quality of China's fruit and vegetables, killing lakes and streams, and introducing pollutants into the air. "If farmers overuse chemical fertilizers for a long period, the fertilizer residues will affect water quality. When the nitrogenous fertilizer is washed away or carried into the air, it will influence air quality,'......

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