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Which of the following agricultural advancements have had unforeseen adverse effects?

synthetic fertilizers wiping out nearby crops
irrigation causing damaging floods
hybrid plants causing cancer to consumers
use of pesticides increasing insect resistance

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Answer:

use of pesticides increasing insect resistance

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Answer:

use of pesticides increasing insect resistance

Step-by-step explanation:

Pesticides are the chemicals used to kill or stop the growth of insects or pests in crops and plants.

Pesticides are used from a very long time and repeated use of same pesticide allowed insects to get use to of it and evolve themselves in a way that they become resistant to these pesticide, so pesticide do not have any effect on insects.

Hence, the correct answer is "use of pesticides increasing insect resistance".

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