This is true because certain manufacturing companies and other industries still donot comply with the governmental regulations and release the toxic wastes containing sulfates, into the water bodies. This contaminates them and the maximum allowed sulfate level of the water body exceeds its limit.
We can detect the hardness of water taken from different sources by adding soap to it. If the soap does not form micelle in the water then it will be hard water. In simple language if the soap doesnot disslove in water then it will be soft water.
The correct answer is "letter c. malingering."
Malingering is described as falsifying symptoms of mental or physical well-being of a person to achieve a certain goal, an example is that malingering a certain mental illness or physical illness may be used as a mitigating factor to reduce the sentence of a criminal or to receive special treatment in prison. It may also be used to skip school or work in the military.