Groundwater Contamination Project

In addition to studying your roles and activity materials you should expand your knowledge by using some of the resources below.

Databases

Click on the links below, and login to these magazine indexes to find current information about these issues.  Search terms are the same.

EBSCOhost

SIRS Discoverer

Websites

The Groundwater Foundation – search groundwater, groundwater contamination, groundwater clean-up

http://www.groundwater.org/gi/contaminationconcerns.html

EPA – search groundwater, groundwater contamination, groundwater clean-up

http://www.epa.gov/

EPA Kids Club – search groundwater, groundwater contamination, groundwater clean-up

http://www.epa.gov/kids/

Purdue Groundwater Primer – search groundwater, groundwater contamination, groundwater clean-up

www.purdue.edu/dp/envirosoft/groundwater/src/title.htm

Nature Net – search groundwater, groundwater contamination, groundwater clean-up, toxic waste

www.nature.nps.gov

National Geographic Education – search groundwater, groundwater contamination, groundwater clean-up, toxic waste dump

http://beta.education.nationalgeographic.com/education/edu/

National Geographic, Toxic Waste Dump

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/toxic-waste-overview.html

Environmental Technology Council – search groundwater, groundwater contamination, groundwater clean-up, toxic waste dump, incineration

http://www.etc.org/technologicalandenvironmentalissues/treatmenttechnologies/incineration/

Environmental Science and Technology – search groundwater, groundwater contamination, groundwater clean-up, toxic waste dump, incineration

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es00082a600

Greenpeace – at this link you’ll find information about incineration issues

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/incineration/the-problem/

Toxic Action.org  – at this link you’ll find information about incineration issues & pictures re: community activists

http://www.toxicsaction.org/news/news/stop-toxic-incineration-in-springfield-rallies-with-toxics-action-center-to-revoke-incinerator-permit

Online Encyclopedias

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Click on the “reference” tab to find Grolier’s Online Encyclopedia and World Book Encyclopedia. Use search terms mentioned above.