One environmental consequence of the large-scale cultivation of cotton in the South was -

A) widespread soil exhaustion caused by decades of farming

B) drought caused by overuse of river water to irrigate farmland

C) air pollution caused by the use of cotton gins

D) widespread water contamination caused by fertilizer runoff

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Widespread water contamination caused by fertilizer runoff

Step-by-step explanation:

cotton is a profitable non-food crop in the world. about 25 million people make huge income from cotton production and about 7% labor get employed in many developing countries.

the production of cotton posses s many threat on the environment from the use of agrochemicals. The production of cotton degrades the soil severely and exposes the soil to erosion. the pesticides, fertilizers from the cotton field when been eroded causes widespread water contamination caused by fertilizer runoff.