Which of these changes caused an increase in pollution during the industrial revolution? a. decrease mortality rates b. decrease in fertility rates c. increase in social inequality d. increase in urbanization

The change that caused an increase in pollution during the Industrial Revolution is option d. increase in urbanization. Most of the factory towns were built in areas were coal or iron were mined. When railroads and canals were built and the transportation of goods an people were available cities began to grow around transportation and trade centers, and people moved from farms to the city to find work.