- H.S (2009). Water and Air Pollution. Retrieved April 3, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/water-and-air-pollution
The source portrays a timeline of the pollution of water and air pollution. In Which i used this article in the historical section by giving examples of one of the first water pollution that have occurred in the past . Also I used it for the actions of what the United States have done that contributed to the pollution as well as the steps the country has done to help prevent the issue from being a bigger problem.
- India Resource Center. (2014, October 26). IRC- Coca-Cola - Mehdiganj - The Issues. Retrieved from http://www.indiaresource.org/campaigns/coke/2013/mehdiganjfact.html
The article has a specific story about water contamination in a different country. This source displays the problems India has had in the past concerning a Coca-Cola company contaminating their groundwater.
- Nor, O., & Botelho, G. (2014, December 11). At least 50 dead in Somalia after drinking from contaminated well. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/11/world/africa/somalia-drinking-water-deaths/
The author in the article displays the problem that a developing country was undergoing in Africa. In which it helped identify the problems of developing countries and that are more severe than other countries.
- Erin Brockovich | My Story. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.brockovich.com/my-story/
The use of this article is to identify a problem with contaminated water in the United States which was in Hinckley, CA. The source provides a story of a woman who helped file a class-action lawsuit against a company that was contaminating a small town’s water supply. It helped me to identify how water contamination was an issue in the 20th century in the U.S.
- Lurie, J. (2016, January 21). Meet the mom who helped expose Flint's toxic water nightmare. Retrieved from http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/mother-exposed-flint-lead-contamination-water-crisis
This article helped me explain the issues of water contamination in my national section because it's the most recent and most known contamination of water in the United States. It explained how the high level of lead concentration is presented in Flint, Michigan and how it affects the residents such as their children.
- Chow, L. (2016, May 13). Shell Oil Spill Dumps Nearly 90,000 Gallons of Crude Into Gulf. Retrieved from http://ecowatch.com/2016/05/13/shell-oil-spill-gulf-mexico/
This source explains how petrochemical pollution affects the body of water. In this article it displays the effects of an oil spill that is recent leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Since its recent it will have the similar effects as the oil spill in 2010.
- Hawthorne, M. (2010, October 26). Are emergency water supplies safe? Fed and states can't tell for sure. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-met-water-inspection-epa-20101026-story.html
The author explains how the water of Crestwood, IL is contaminated with carcinogenic substances and the effect of the residents has had on them for a long period of time. I used the article in the local section because it's within the state that I live in.
- Hawthorne, M., & Sweeney, A. (2013, April 11). Ex-Crestwood water operator pleads guilty in contamination case. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-excrestwood-water-operator-pleads-guilty-in-contamination-case-20130411-story.html
The author explains how an operator of water in Crestwood pleads guilty in the distribution of water to the residents. The contaminated water was distributed to its residents for over two decades.
- Hawthorne, M. (2009, December 30). Crestwood Residents in Dark on Cancer. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-delayed-crestwood-study-12302009-story.html
This article explains how the residents were being hospitalized and having health issues due to the water that was consumed in Crestwood. The residents were contracting cancer related illness but the residents was not sure if it was caused by the water.
- D. (2010). INCIDENCE OF CANCER IN THE VILLAGE OF CRESTWOOD , (COOK COUNTY) ILLINOIS (pp. 1-32, Rep.). IL: Illinois Department of Public Health. Retrieved from http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/epi/pdf/Crestwood_Cancer_Incidence_Report_3-5-10.pdf
The report explains the amount of people of Crestwood that had cancer related cases and evaluates of the Crestwood water. I used this article to support the past citation to provide how much residents were having health issues with cancer and other illnesses.
- Hawthorne, M. (2016, February 8). City fails to warn Chicagoans about lead risks in tap water. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-lead-water-risk-met-20160207-story.html
The article provides evidence how the replacement of service line and homes can contain high levels of lead in the water but the city of Chicago has not warn the residents about the potential risk of consuming the water that can potentially have lead.
- Hawthorne, M., & Richards, J. S. (2016, May 12). Water testing finds high lead levels in communities across Illinois. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-lead-water-illinois-met-20160512-story.html
This article explains how there has been contamination of lead in the water in across the state of Illinois and the state has not done anything to warn the residents about the lead contamination.
- Fuller, L. (2011, November 28). Fracking Technology Has Been Used Safely for Years. Retrieved from http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-fracking-a-good-idea/fracking-technology-has-been-used-safely-for-years "today's technology allows us to produce many times the amount of energy we did in the past"
The article explains a point of view that supports the process of hydraulic fracturing or fracking not being a threat to the environment or to the people’s underground water. In which it's a debate whether or not the process affects the environment.
- Carluccio, T. (Ed.). (2011, November 28). Fracking is Destroying Our Groundwater. Retrieved from http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-fracking-a-good-idea/fracking-is-destroying-our-groundwater
The article explains a point of view that the process of hydraulic fracturing or fracking affects the environment and also affects the underground water by contaminating it with chemicals that is used in the process of fracking.
The source portrays a timeline of the pollution of water and air pollution. In Which i used this article in the historical section by giving examples of one of the first water pollution that have occurred in the past . Also I used it for the actions of what the United States have done that contributed to the pollution as well as the steps the country has done to help prevent the issue from being a bigger problem.
- India Resource Center. (2014, October 26). IRC- Coca-Cola - Mehdiganj - The Issues. Retrieved from http://www.indiaresource.org/campaigns/coke/2013/mehdiganjfact.html
The article has a specific story about water contamination in a different country. This source displays the problems India has had in the past concerning a Coca-Cola company contaminating their groundwater.
- Nor, O., & Botelho, G. (2014, December 11). At least 50 dead in Somalia after drinking from contaminated well. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/11/world/africa/somalia-drinking-water-deaths/
The author in the article displays the problem that a developing country was undergoing in Africa. In which it helped identify the problems of developing countries and that are more severe than other countries.
- Erin Brockovich | My Story. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.brockovich.com/my-story/
The use of this article is to identify a problem with contaminated water in the United States which was in Hinckley, CA. The source provides a story of a woman who helped file a class-action lawsuit against a company that was contaminating a small town’s water supply. It helped me to identify how water contamination was an issue in the 20th century in the U.S.
- Lurie, J. (2016, January 21). Meet the mom who helped expose Flint's toxic water nightmare. Retrieved from http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/mother-exposed-flint-lead-contamination-water-crisis
This article helped me explain the issues of water contamination in my national section because it's the most recent and most known contamination of water in the United States. It explained how the high level of lead concentration is presented in Flint, Michigan and how it affects the residents such as their children.
- Chow, L. (2016, May 13). Shell Oil Spill Dumps Nearly 90,000 Gallons of Crude Into Gulf. Retrieved from http://ecowatch.com/2016/05/13/shell-oil-spill-gulf-mexico/
This source explains how petrochemical pollution affects the body of water. In this article it displays the effects of an oil spill that is recent leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Since its recent it will have the similar effects as the oil spill in 2010.
- Hawthorne, M. (2010, October 26). Are emergency water supplies safe? Fed and states can't tell for sure. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-met-water-inspection-epa-20101026-story.html
The author explains how the water of Crestwood, IL is contaminated with carcinogenic substances and the effect of the residents has had on them for a long period of time. I used the article in the local section because it's within the state that I live in.
- Hawthorne, M., & Sweeney, A. (2013, April 11). Ex-Crestwood water operator pleads guilty in contamination case. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-excrestwood-water-operator-pleads-guilty-in-contamination-case-20130411-story.html
The author explains how an operator of water in Crestwood pleads guilty in the distribution of water to the residents. The contaminated water was distributed to its residents for over two decades.
- Hawthorne, M. (2009, December 30). Crestwood Residents in Dark on Cancer. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-delayed-crestwood-study-12302009-story.html
This article explains how the residents were being hospitalized and having health issues due to the water that was consumed in Crestwood. The residents were contracting cancer related illness but the residents was not sure if it was caused by the water.
- D. (2010). INCIDENCE OF CANCER IN THE VILLAGE OF CRESTWOOD , (COOK COUNTY) ILLINOIS (pp. 1-32, Rep.). IL: Illinois Department of Public Health. Retrieved from http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/epi/pdf/Crestwood_Cancer_Incidence_Report_3-5-10.pdf
The report explains the amount of people of Crestwood that had cancer related cases and evaluates of the Crestwood water. I used this article to support the past citation to provide how much residents were having health issues with cancer and other illnesses.
- Hawthorne, M. (2016, February 8). City fails to warn Chicagoans about lead risks in tap water. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-lead-water-risk-met-20160207-story.html
The article provides evidence how the replacement of service line and homes can contain high levels of lead in the water but the city of Chicago has not warn the residents about the potential risk of consuming the water that can potentially have lead.
- Hawthorne, M., & Richards, J. S. (2016, May 12). Water testing finds high lead levels in communities across Illinois. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-lead-water-illinois-met-20160512-story.html
This article explains how there has been contamination of lead in the water in across the state of Illinois and the state has not done anything to warn the residents about the lead contamination.
- Fuller, L. (2011, November 28). Fracking Technology Has Been Used Safely for Years. Retrieved from http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-fracking-a-good-idea/fracking-technology-has-been-used-safely-for-years "today's technology allows us to produce many times the amount of energy we did in the past"
The article explains a point of view that supports the process of hydraulic fracturing or fracking not being a threat to the environment or to the people’s underground water. In which it's a debate whether or not the process affects the environment.
- Carluccio, T. (Ed.). (2011, November 28). Fracking is Destroying Our Groundwater. Retrieved from http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-fracking-a-good-idea/fracking-is-destroying-our-groundwater
The article explains a point of view that the process of hydraulic fracturing or fracking affects the environment and also affects the underground water by contaminating it with chemicals that is used in the process of fracking.