User:Freshwater598/Choose an Article

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

Option 1

 * Article title: Reusable Shopping Bag
 * Article Evaluation: This article is C-level, the article does have a lot of information that does not need to be added or updated. The only thing I would update would be the legislation passed related to plastic bags.
 * Sources: There are some sources on the library data base, and this is a good start.
 * Brent A Kaplan, Brett W Gelino, and Derek D Reed. “A BEHAVIORAL ECONOMIC APPROACH TO GREEN CONSUMERISM: DEMAND FOR REUSABLE SHOPPING BAGS.” Behavior and social issues 27 (2018): 20–30. Web.
 * “Ban on Plastic Bags Close to Reality in NY.” Long Island business news (2019): n. pag. Print.
 * BRIAN PASCUS. “Plastic Bag Ban in Question after New Legal Challenge; Bodega and Supermarket Owners Sue over Confusion About Reusable Plastic Totes.” Crain’s New York business 36.35 (2020): 1–. Print.
 * “Ban on Plastic Bags Close to Reality in NY.” Long Island business news (2019): n. pag. Print.
 * BRIAN PASCUS. “Plastic Bag Ban in Question after New Legal Challenge; Bodega and Supermarket Owners Sue over Confusion About Reusable Plastic Totes.” Crain’s New York business 36.35 (2020): 1–. Print.

Option 2

 * Article title: Plastic Pollution
 * Article Evaluation: This article is listed as c-level and high importance. The article has good information but one section says that it could use improvement. This will be looked into before I start my editing.
 * Sources: 147,784 Results just by looking up the title of the section that needs improvement "Effects of plastics on the Ocean"
 * Warren, Matthew. “Planet’s Ocean-Plastics Problem Detailed in 60-Year Data Set.” Nature (London) (2019): n. pag. Web.
 * Martí, Elisa et al. “The Colors of the Ocean Plastics.” Environmental science & technology 54.11 (2020): 6594–6601. Web.
 * Cleaning up the Oceans : How to Reduce the Impact of Man-Made Trash on the Environment, Wildlife, and Human Health : Hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, Second Session, September 26, 2018. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2019. Print.
 * Martí, Elisa et al. “The Colors of the Ocean Plastics.” Environmental science & technology 54.11 (2020): 6594–6601. Web.
 * Cleaning up the Oceans : How to Reduce the Impact of Man-Made Trash on the Environment, Wildlife, and Human Health : Hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, Second Session, September 26, 2018. Washington: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2019. Print.

Option 3

 * Article title: Bikini Atoll
 * Article Evaluation: This article is class-c and suggested to add information about a fishing ban being imposed.
 * Sources
 * Davis, Jeffrey Sasha. “Representing Place: ‘Deserted Isles’ and the Reproduction of Bikini Atoll.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 95.3 (2005): 607–625. Web.
 * Guyer, R. L. (2001). Radioactivity and Rights: Clashes at Bikini Atoll. American Journal of Public Health, 91(9), 1371–1376. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.91.9.1371
 * Davis, Jeffrey Sasha. “Representing Place: ‘Deserted Isles’ and the Reproduction of Bikini Atoll.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 95.3 (2005): 607–625. Web.
 * Guyer, R. L. (2001). Radioactivity and Rights: Clashes at Bikini Atoll. American Journal of Public Health, 91(9), 1371–1376. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.91.9.1371

Option 4

 * Article title: Water Pollution
 * Article Evaluation: This article is B-class and high importance, I could add in some information about microplastics
 * Sources:
 * Katsnelson, A. (2015). News Feature: Microplastics present pollution puzzle: Tiny particles of plastic are awash in the oceans—but how are they affecting marine life? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(18), 5547-5549. Retrieved March 8, 2021, from https://www.jstor.org/stable/26462619
 * Ryan, P., Moore, C., Van Franeker, J., & Moloney, C. (2009). Monitoring the Abundance of Plastic Debris in the Marine Environment. Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 364(1526), 1999-2012. Retrieved March 8, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40485978
 * Covernton, G., Collicutt, B., Gurney-Smith, H., Pearce, C., Dower, J., Ross, P., & Dudas, S. (2019). Microplastics in bivalves and their habitat in relation to shellfish aquaculture proximity in coastal British Columbia, Canada. Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 11, 357-374. doi:10.2307/26920849
 * Ryan, P., Moore, C., Van Franeker, J., & Moloney, C. (2009). Monitoring the Abundance of Plastic Debris in the Marine Environment. Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 364(1526), 1999-2012. Retrieved March 8, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40485978
 * Covernton, G., Collicutt, B., Gurney-Smith, H., Pearce, C., Dower, J., Ross, P., & Dudas, S. (2019). Microplastics in bivalves and their habitat in relation to shellfish aquaculture proximity in coastal British Columbia, Canada. Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 11, 357-374. doi:10.2307/26920849

Option 5

 * Article title: Soil Contamination
 * Article Evaluation: this article is c-class and seems to need more citations, I could add those and also add in some info about soil contamination within superfund sites.
 * Sources
 * Saito, H., Bucalá, V., Howard, J., & Peters, W. (1998). Thermal Removal of Pyrene Contamination from Soil: Basic Studies and Environmental Health Implications. Environmental Health Perspectives, 106, 1097-1107. doi:10.2307/3434157
 * Wrobel, J., & Gross, J. (2010). Sustainable Superfund Remediation. The Military Engineer, 102(663), 59-60. Retrieved March 8, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/44530507
 * Saito, H., Bucalá, V., Howard, J., & Peters, W. (1998). Thermal Removal of Pyrene Contamination from Soil: Basic Studies and Environmental Health Implications. Environmental Health Perspectives, 106, 1097-1107. doi:10.2307/3434157
 * Wrobel, J., & Gross, J. (2010). Sustainable Superfund Remediation. The Military Engineer, 102(663), 59-60. Retrieved March 8, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/44530507