Environmental
Which Missouri-specific environmental issue affects agricultural land in the Bootheel region?
AHeavy metals from lead mining
BIrrigation drainage and agricultural chemical runoff affecting wetlands✓ Correct
CNuclear contamination from power plants
DAsbestos from historic textile mills
Explanation
Missouri's Bootheel (southeast Missouri) is prime agricultural land with concerns about irrigation practices, pesticide and fertilizer runoff, and impacts on wetlands and the Mississippi River floodplain ecosystem.
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