Verbal Aptitude

During rainy months, pesticide sales surge and stream turbidity increases. Concluding that buying pesticides causes stream turbidity is fallacious because:

Options:

• (A) Both are driven by a common cause: heavy rainfall events that trigger pest proliferation and cause soil erosion into streams.
• (B) Pesticides are insoluble in water.
• (C) Stream turbidity is measured using Secchi discs.
• (D) Farmers buy pesticides in agricultural stores.