An emerging pollution problem is from personal care products (antibiotics, medicines, birth control pills, etc.) that are flushed down the toilet or disposed as municipal soil waste. This kind of water pollution would be best called
A) heat pollution.
B) low level radioactive waste.
C) point source pollution.
D) nonpoint source pollution.
E) acid precipitation.

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Nonpoint source pollution refers to diffuse contamination that does not originate from a single discrete source, such as runoff from agricultural fields or urban areas, which includes personal care products entering water systems.

An Emerging Pollution Problem Is from Personal Care Products (Antibiotics