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Mention five causes of air pollution.
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CAUSES OF AIR POLLUTION ARE:
- Burning of FOSSIL FUELS and FIBRES.
- Cutting of forests.
- An eruption of volcanoes.
- Increase in POPULATION.
- Agricultural activities like the use of chemical fertilisers, insecticides, pesticides, and burning of husks, etc.
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