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__Research Focus One: Investigate an air, soil, or water pollution problem and solution in Pennsylvania__

Required elements:  Description of Problem  Regulations that apply to problem  Provide context of problem  Solutions to the problem
 * Title with subtitle (Love Canal: Poisoned Romance)
 * Thesis (The Love Canal incident was a horrible event that forced legislators, industries and citizens to develop a collaborative plan to prevent such events in the future)
 * Identify Problem
 * Explain Point/Non point source
 * Describe state and national laws that exist to regulate the problem
 * Historical background (how did pollutant develop and why)
 * Direct environmental impact of problem (short-term effects on natural world and on humans)
 * Long-term effects of problem
 * Describe at least different "parties" and their opinions about possible solutions to the problem
 * Present your own idea of a solution and explain why you think it is a viable solution

__Research Focus Two:__ __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Select an environmental law and discuss why it was developed and how it impacted environmental health in the past, present and future __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">

See Standard 4.9.10 A and 4.9.12 A