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    Are fertilisers pollutants? An Appraisal with Reference.to Indian Conditions
    (1972-10) Kanwar, J.S.
    With the development of intensive agriculture in the country, the consumption of fertilisers, pesticides .and other agricultural chemicals will increase sharply. Does the intensive use of fertilisers pose a pollution problem in India? Considering the fate of applied nutrients—-nitrogen, phosphate and potash—from fertilisers to soil and their present level of consumption per hectare of agricultural land in the country, the chances of fertilisers polluting our environment seem to be very rare. The major and a serious source of environmental pollution could be soil erosion, a process depriving the country of one of, man's greatest natural resources. Even the research carried out in. developed countries shows that it is more the city sewage and industrial effluents which are polluting environments and not fertilisers which are often attacked by the scared environmentalist. In the paper, the author reviews in depth the vital question of intensive fertiliser use and environmental pollution with a special appraisal of the situation in India.