On the environment

  • Repeated use of chemical fertilizers leads to soil salinization due to a decrease in organic matter.
  • It leads to a risk to soil life, accumulation of mineral salts, and long-term soil degradation.
  • The seepage of chemicals used in fertilizer manufacturing through the soil leads to the pollution of groundwater and waterbodies.
  • The gases emitted from nitrogen fertilizers during their decomposition in the soil, as well as those emitted from chemical fertilizer factories, cause global warming, acid rain, and ozone layer destruction.
  • Increase the alkalinity and salinity of the soil, which causes the death of beneficial microorganisms for the soil and plant, and thus a decrease in soil fertility.