User:Zitong Lin1996/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
 * Rare-earth element


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is relevant to topic
 * This article is written neutrally
 * All the claims have a citation
 * The citations are reliable
 * The Environmental considerations section of this article can use some expanding and some the information in this section all have sources more than 10 years old so some update about the newest information is also a good idea.


 * Sources
 * Yang, X., Zhang, J., & Fang, X. (2014). Rare earth element recycling from waste nickel-metal hydride batteries. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 279, 384–388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.07.027
 * Ayora, C., Macías, F., Torres, E., Lozano, A., Carrero, S., Nieto, J., … Castillo-Michel, H. (2016). Recovery of Rare Earth Elements and Yttrium from Passive-Remediation Systems of Acid Mine Drainage. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(15), 8255–8262. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b02084

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Rare earth industry in China


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is relevant to topic
 * This article is written neutrally
 * All the claims have a citation
 * The citation in Environment Impact section is citing a news article from a website, not very reliable.
 * The Environment Impact section need more information with reliable sources and it can use some results from science research.


 * Sources
 * Rim, K., Koo, K., & Park, J. (2013). Toxicological Evaluations of Rare Earths and Their Health Impacts to Workers: A Literature Review. Safety and Health at Work, 4(1), 12–26. https://doi.org/10.5491/SHAW.2013.4.1.12
 * Martinez, R., Pourret, O., Faucon, M., & Dian, C. (2018). Effect of rare earth elements on rice plant growth. Chemical Geology, 489, 28–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.05.012

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Toxic heavy metal


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is relevant to topic
 * This article is written neutrally
 * All the claims have a citation
 * The citations are reliable
 * There can be more detailed information about this topic. Such as the impact on the environment including plants and animals.


 * Sources
 * Costa, G., Ramlov, F., Koerich, G., Navarro, B., Cabral, D., Rodrigues, E., … Horta, P. (2019). The effects of mining tailings in the physiology of benthic algae: Understanding the relation between mud’s inductive acidification and the heavy metal’s toxicity. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103818
 * Simeonov, L., Kochubovski, M., & Simeonova, B. (2011). Environmental Heavy Metal Pollution and Effects on Child Mental Development Risk Assessment and Prevention Strategies (1st ed. 2011.). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0253-0

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