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| Elements and compunds that are directly harmful to living things |
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| What are two types of toxic chemicals |
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| What are three examples of heavy examples of heavy metals |
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| How do heavy metals enter our water system |
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| What type of factory typically produces heavy metal waste |
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| Paint and plastic factories produce heavy metal watse |
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| Why was the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carrol's book Alice in WOnderland "mad"? |
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| Because hesuffered from mad hatter's disease, mercury poisoning |
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| What type of poisoning did the town of Minamata,Japan suffer from? |
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| WHat were the symptoms of the illness |
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| headaches, dizziness, blurred vision, and numbness in their hands and feet |
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| Where was the mercury coming from |
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| Would waste from a meat packing or canning factory be organic or inorganic? |
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| WHat does the discharge (waste) contain that is harmful |
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| The discharge contains organic chemicals |
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| How does crude oil enter the water system |
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| Through spills at drillng site and wrecked tankers |
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| When and where did the largest oil spill happen in history |
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| The largest oil spill in history Persian Gulf in 1991. |
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| Explain what happened to cause the worst oil spill in US History |
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| The Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska in 1989. |
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| How did people try to clean up oil spills in the past |
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| What is the "new" method of cleaning up oil spills |
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| The new method uses bacteria to eat the oil |
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| If nitrates and phosphates are fertilizers, why are they so bad when they are dumped into water |
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| They are bad when dumped into water because they encourage too much plant growth, which chokes waterways |
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| WHen lakes and ponds are changed by excess plant nutrients |
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| What percent of US lakes are affected by eutrophication caused by humans |
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| The largest US estuary is being killed by eutrification. What is it? |
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