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Environmental Debate Resources
BPA | Electric Cars | Genetically Modified Organisms | Tourism | Fracking
BPA
- ARTICLE: Reusable plastic bottles release hundreds of pollutants into water from Newsela
- VIDEO: BPA and Infertility from New York Times video collection through Gale
- VIDEO: BPA Exposure and Birth Weight from New York Times video collection through Gale
- SHORT ARTICLE: Are BPA Substitutes Any Safer Than BPA? from The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- AUDIO: Researchers Find Plastic Particles in Human Organs from New York Times video collection through Gale
- AUDIO: Beyond BPA: Court Battle Reveals A Shift In Debate Over Plastic Safety from NPR Audio
- VIEWPOINT: Bisphenol A (BPA) Should Be Banned from Gale Opposing Viewpoints
- VIEWPOINT: Bisphenol A (BPA) Should Not Be Banned from Gale Opposing Viewpoints
- VIEWPOINT: Why you’d have to eat 64 cans of green beans per day - every day - to get too much BPA from Gale Opposing Viewpoints
- VIEWPOINT: The US Government Should Not Rush to Ban Chemicals from Gale Opposing Viewpoints
Electric Cars
- ARTICLE: PRO/CON: Should the government subsidize electric cars? from Newsela
- TOPIC LANDING PAGE: Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Cars from Gale Opposing Viewpoints
- BULLET POINTS: Electric Vehicle Myths from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
GMOs
- VIDEO: Are GMOs good or bad? from TedED
- ARTICLE: Issue Overview: GMOs and engineered food from Newsela
- ARTICLE: PRO/CON: Is it time to label GMO foods? from Newsela
- TOPIC LANDING PAGE: Genetically Modified Food from Gale Opposing Viewpoints
Tourism
- ARTICLE: Antarctica needs humans to protect it; it also needs humans to go away from Newsela
- VIEWPOINT: Tourism Threatens Indigenous Cultures from Gale Opposing Viewpoints
- VIEWPOINT: Tourism Helps Preserve Indigenous Cultures from Gale Opposing Viewpoints
- VIEWPOINT: Tourism Can Have Negative Economic Consequences from Gale Opposing Viewpoints
- VIEWPOINT: Tourism Contributes to Economic Growth from Gale Opposing Viewpoints
Fracking
- VIDEO: How Does Fracking Work? from TedED
- ARTICLE: Issue Overview: Fracking from Newsela
- TOPIC LANDING PAGE: Fracking from Gale Opposing Viewpoints