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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 - Co-Carcinogen
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has grammatical issues, such as: "Also, some virus are co-carcinogens..." and should be "Also, some viruses are co-carcinogens..." and "In recent years, people substitutes health supplement for healthy meal" and could be re-written as, "In recent years, people substitute health supplements for a healthy meal"
 * The 'Common co-carcinogens' section is too short and does not provide information on how the listed common co-carcinogens act as co-carcinogens
 * In the 'Classification of co-carcinogen' section, there is no definition of anti-carcinogen
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Option 2

 * Article title - Smokeless Tobacco
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has very little information in the 'Harm reduction' section
 * This article has very little information in the 'Management' section
 * This article lacks a in depth history section
 * 'Smoking cessation' section is very short and has biased, ambiguous statements
 * Sources - Smokeless Tobacco article
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Option 3

 * Article title - Calcium Arsenate
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has very little information on how calcium arsenate was used as a herbicide and has a large statement, "Its high toxicity led to the development of DDT", and only has one citation for this statement
 * The regulation section is disproportionate to the rest of the article and only has one citation in this section despite multiple different claims
 * Overall, very little citations for statements in the article
 * Sources - Calcium Arsenate article
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Option 4

 * Article title - Environmental Impact of Mardi Gras Beads
 * Article Evaluation
 * Little information in the history section, with grammatical issues and a need for more citation
 * Within the 'Impact on Humans' section lead-based paint is discussed frequently and continues to talk about a seemingly unimportant occurrence with a case of twins and lead-based paint; then jumps to talking about cadmium - this information seems random and unimportant to the environmental impact of Mardi Gras beads
 * It is also suggested that this article may contain original research, which should not be published to the public when talking about health related subjects
 * Sources - Environmental impact of Mardi Gras Beads article
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Option 5

 * Article title - Tobacco-specific Nitrosamines
 * Article Evaluation
 * There is essentially only a background section for this article
 * Many ambiguous statements without proper citation exist in this article, such as: "They are important carcinogens in cigarette smoke, along with combustion products and other carcinogens" without any source to this information and, "Metabolism and chemical binding to DNA are critical in cancer induction by NNK and NNN", and several other statements lacking sources
 * Sources - Tobacco-specific Nitrosamines article
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