Ten Years of Chernobyl- Five Questions

Hello all, I read the article from Scientific American- Ten Years of Chernobyl and have five questions for you that you can answer if you refer to the article mentioned.

1. What date did the disaster occur on?

2. What type of disaster occurred?

3. Approximately how many people fell ill during the time of the disaster?

4. What is the name (correct spelling too) of the abandoned city?

5. What has Chernobyl taught us?

Love Canal Debate (Questions)

1. Is there a risk of illness to people living in the Love Canal area?

2. What statistics can you prove that with?

3. What were some efforts for cleanup processes?

4. Are there other people who are planning to move into the area?

5. Did the companies and organizations make a very good effort to clean the chemicals?

6. Would you live in the area if you had the choice?

8-30-10 Catalyst Reflection

1. Some rain had caused the the waste to be pushed up. This lead to more cleanup for people.

2. There were many health hazards, including people suffering from epilepsy, immune disorders and liver problems. The chemicals had messed with people's bodies.

3. Animals that lived in the area of Love Canal likely got ill and suffered because of the toxic waste they were living near, similar to us.

1. BP is using Corexit, a chemical found in dispersants to clean up the oil. However, this chemical is extremely toxic and has a large variety of effects on marine life, etc. The toxins get into the water and the oil, and the fish and plankton can be greatly effected. The small microorganisms eat the dispersants and leftover crude oil and the larger fish that eat plankton also ingest the oil and toxins. This will all go up the food chain and can affect all kinds of marine life.

2. It depends on the situation whether solving a problem or not will create another one. For example, BP used dispersants to break up the oil. While it got the job done faster, it contained toxins that affected the life in the gulf drastically.

3. From the information in the article and the video, I believe that oil spills are more of a problem. While chemical dispersants are extremely toxic, so is oil, and there was a lot of it put in the gulf.

8th Grade DLC Reflection

1. Do you think that the dispersants are a good idea for the oil spill? Why or why not?

2. Will the dispersants speed up the process of cleanup?

3. What do you think is the best way to clean the spill if the dispersants were not your choice?