既然the sentence tells us that the drop of lead contamination is neither due to the decline in industrial discharges nor the regulation of the government.
看B:Most of the decline in industrial discharges of lead occurred before 1976, but the largest decline in the level of river contamination occurred between 1980 and 1985.
而题目要求加强的结论是the major cause of the decline was a 75 percent drop in the use of leaded gasoline between 1975 and 1985.