To prevent pests from eating his crops, a farmer applies a synthetic insecticide to his fields. A synthetic insecticide is a chemical made by humans that kills insects. It rains the next day, and some of this insecticide ends up in a stream near the fields. Some stream insects that aren't agricultural pests are killed. What kind of pollution has occurred in the stream?       environmental toxin     nutrient enrichment     greenhouse gas

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