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Question
How do detergents cause water pollution? Suggest remedial measures to prevent this pollution?
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Solution
(i) Some detergents having a branched hydrocarbon chain are not fully biodegradable by microorganisms present in water and they cause water pollution.
(ii) Remedial Action: We have to use biodegradable detergents which have linear hydrocarbon chains.
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