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Logging operations used to use a technique called clear-cutting, in which all of the trees in an area are cut down. This process will most likely lead to which type of water pollution?
A
Toxic
B
Sediment
C
Nutrient
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Expert-Verified Answer. A clear-cutting in which all the trees in the area such a forest during logging operations most likely in an illegal way will cause to a sediment type of water pollution. The soils, sands, and minerals from the land will be washed to the water typically after a rain.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the United States, recycling is the process of collecting and processing materials (that would otherwise be thrown away as trash) and remanufacturing them into new products.

Detailed explanation-3: -Whereas long-term or chronic exposure to fine particulate matter increases a person’s risk for diseases with a longer onset, like some noncommunicable diseases including stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cancer.

Detailed explanation-4: -Water pollution is caused when water bodies such as rivers, lakes, oceans, groundwater and aquifers get contaminated with industrial and agricultural effluents. When water gets polluted, it adversely affects all lifeforms that directly or indirectly depend on this source.

Detailed explanation-5: -Global warming. Deforestation. Industry, agriculture and livestock farming. Rubbish and faecal water dumping. Maritime traffic. Fuel spillages.

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