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Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV | |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) Ex: CBC News | nytimes |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC | nytimes |
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010 | N/A |
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012 | 20 february 2012 |
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FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV). |
I stance against the idea of not acknowledging the issues related to water pollution. in china there has sight of ignoring the problem of water pollution"China appear to have averted environmental calamity by halting the spread of a toxic metal that had threatened to foul drinking water for tens of millions of people,"(Andrew Jacobs) people are either too comfortable to even notice the issues of water pollution or they re just afraid to raise their voice against |
the spills had spread too much that"prompted a rush on bottled water in several downstream cities and prompted worries that the contamination could reach as far as Hong Kong and Macao."(Andrew Jacobs)its threatening the lives of not only China but also not looking deep into it the pollution is affecting the neighboring countries as well |
"The cadmium, a substance used in the production of paint, solder and solar cells as well as batteries, has been traced to discharges from a mining company in Guangxi that has since halted production, said Xinhua, the state-run news agency."(Andrew Jacob) people had been using the river as a place of their own garbage not even knowing that that could promote issues so enormous that later we would face as danger as this. |
"Officials said they had successfully diluted the concentration of cadmium, a poisonous component of batteries, that has been coursing down the Longjiang River in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region". although this problem could have gone unnoticed but help always around the corner if we could work together to pull out enough facts that could aware this problem to make everyone realize its not too late |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
nytimes brings information not only from New York but whole world as well this contain some crucial information for water pollution that can be of a great help. the source is for the reporters of nytimes only update us with information
Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
the author is Andrew Jacobs although he is not an P.H.D but his information is crucial enough to make me believe that water pollution is something really important that you cannot hide. this source is funded by nytimes newspaper
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?
it simply informative and it shows how community are not responsible for their own actions
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
I did not detect any bias according to the information References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
Mia Li contributed research. it does not take the credibility
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
i will use it show my stance for water pollution
“Specific Page Title or Article Title” Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?” | High levels of DDT still present in fish |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV | M.T. Whitney |
Title of the Entire Website (not www. ) Ex: CBC News | naturalnews.com |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC | N/A |
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010 | N/A |
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012 | 20th February 2012 |
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FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV). |
the problem has reached not only China but also "The report, released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, shows that the pesticide, which companies dumped into the water soon after it was banned from use in the United States, is still found with high levels in fish caught near the Los Angeles area."(.naturalnews.com) the water pollution has spread too muchand it has reached most developed nation United States. |
the main problem we are facing is now toxic in the fish"In asurveyof DDT levels in fish conducted in 2002, the EPA found that the amount of DDTin fish caught off the Los Angeles County coast had not decreased much"(naturalnews.com) this has affected the river so drradful from 2002 the problem has caused to many injuries over past years |
"The major source of DDT in the ocean comes from DDT manufacturing chemical plants in the area that dumped DDT into the local wastewater systems. These sewers then lead to the ocean."(naturanews.com) the same issue that is addressed people do not want to consider the fact that water has life to that is affected by our wrong full actions |
the dumping process not only happened recently it has been going for lot of years"One company, Montrose Chemical Corp., is estimated to have released more than 2,000 tons of DDT between 1947 and 1971,"(naturalnews.com) the problem of dumping swege has been going for generation since the early civilization as we remember that has been passed down for generation |
Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
This information is collected to show and review the stance of water pollution that also show the point of something that has existed for many years.
Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
the author is M.T.Whitney there is no special training I believe she acquired but she provided some facts that connect to lot of problems of water pollution. the purpose is to give is updates on water pollution there is no one who funds this site
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?
the authors site is informative enough as any website that I saw. this article is just informative to show that our society has brought a huge problem on our shoulderBias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
no i did not detect any bias
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
the author does not site any website that i know. even it does it does not take away the credibility
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I will use it as a stance against water pollution
