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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

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 * Article title: Mercury contamination in California waterways Mercury contamination in California waterways - Wikipedia
 * Article Evaluation: Article is well written and covers information regarding Mercury use and pollution from Gold Rush. Article starts with a great historical context and explanation of Mercury's use as a mining tool. Article explains the location and environmental impacts caused by the mercury, as well as what specific health impacts mercury poisoning may have on animals and humans. On a lighter note, it updates on current measures towards mitigation or removing mercury from California's waterways. For this article, I would like to add some more recent information regarding management plans for mercury pollution, as well as add in information on how Plants are affected by mercury.
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 * ^ Jump up to:a b c Chen, Dengyun; Jing, Miao; Wang, Xiaoru (September 6, 2014). "Determination of Methyl Mercury in Water and Soil by HPLC-ICP-MS" (PDF). Agilent Technologies. Agilent Technologies Inc. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
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 * Article title: Shade balls Shade balls - Wikipedia
 * Article Evaluation: This article gave great general information regarding the Shade balls used in reservoirs to control water loss, bird landings and creation of harmful substances. For how much citing it had, I felt that the article was too short, and I would like to add more bulk and research to the article. I would specifically like to add in where and when these balls were implemented (was their a test run reservoir? how many reservoirs have them? etc.)
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 * Marco Chown Oved, "Shade Balls – Just Add Water", Toronto Star, October 23, 2016
 * ^ L.A. Says Goodbye to ‘Shade Balls’
 * ^ Los Angeles Unleashes 'Shade Balls' To Protect Reservoir Water Quality
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 * ^ Jump up to:a b "Shade Balls: Sustainable Drought Prevention", retrieved 3-31-2016, Precision Plastic Ball
 * ^ "Los Angeles Reservoir Covered With 96 Million Shade Balls to Conserve Water Amidst Drought" (Aug 12, 2015) ABC News
 * ^ "'Shade balls' protect LA water supply during drought" (13 Aug 2015) CNBC
 * ^ "LA Rolls Out Water-Saving 'Shade Balls'" (August 11, 2015) NPR
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 * ^ Kurokawa, Yuji; Maekawa, A; Takahashi, M; Hayashi, Y (July 1990). "Toxicity and carcinogenicity of potassium bromate – a new renal carcinogen". Environmental Health Perspectives. Environmental Health Perspectives. 87: 309–35. doi:10.1289/EHP.9087309. JSTOR 3431039. PMC 1567851. PMID 2269236.
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 * ^ Kurokawa, Yuji; Maekawa, A; Takahashi, M; Hayashi, Y (July 1990). "Toxicity and carcinogenicity of potassium bromate – a new renal carcinogen". Environmental Health Perspectives. Environmental Health Perspectives. 87: 309–35. doi:10.1289/EHP.9087309. JSTOR 3431039. PMC 1567851. PMID 2269236.

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