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Question
Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
Artificially flavoured juices are hazardous to health. Moreover, they lead to kidney problems. (and)
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Solution
Artificially flavoured juices are hazardous to health and lead to kidney problems.
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