Example Sentences

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Its production causes overfertilization and increased nitrogen concentration in agriculture, which negatively affects the population, climate, and ecosystems.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023

That could lead to inadvertent errors causing overfertilization, dangerous pesticide use, inappropriate irrigation or erosion, risking crop yields, water supplies and soil.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2022