Environmentalists are concerned about farmers who are using pesticides that have negative effects on local rivers. Effective ways to change the behavior of the farmers would include which of the following?
A)Launch an educational campaign about the specific damaging effects caused by pesticides and how these will effective future generations.
B)Reward farmers for using natural predators to destroy crop-eating insects.
C)Levy a pollution tax for use of the harmful pesticides.
D)All of these would be effective ways to change behavior.

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All the options provided offer different strategies to encourage farmers to change their behavior regarding pesticide use. Education can increase awareness of the consequences, rewards can incentivize the adoption of alternative pest control methods, and a pollution tax can discourage the use of harmful pesticides by making them more costly.

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