Question

List three ways by which phosphates are transferred from the land to water. In your own words, explain how these might impact the environment and human health.

Answer 1

The majority of phosphates nowadays are originated in water either from detergents or fertilizers second-hand on crops. A detergent as a cause of phosphates has been radically compact in current time by changes to the formulations of most family detergents. The phosphates go into the water from the manure from homes and from excess from fertilized crops.This impacts the environment and our health because we use tap water for cooking, bathing, brushing teeth, and etc. and these water by be contaminated because of all of this pollution going around.

Answer 2

Phosphates generally come from fertilizer, plus erosion of phosphate-containing rocks. The principal problem is that they are fertilizers, so they tend to strongly encourage growth, particularly of bacteria and algae. This can significantly unbalance ecologies, particularly in water, and particularly where there isn't a very robust growth medium already, e.g. in cold or desert waters.