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KH_An Environmental Crisis, Krystal Haltiwanger, Core 3

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Love Canal   A 1970's New York housing development named Love Canal because they noticed that their community had a high rate of certain serious health problems.  
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Three Mile Island   March 28, one of the reactors here nuclear facility outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, overheated when its cooling system failed. They closed this operation, but later closed it.  
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Bhopal   A major ecological disaster occurred at a chemical plant in Bhopal, India.  
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Chernobyl   An explosion happened here released radioactive waste that killed hundreds and caused many health problems.  
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Prince William Sound   Oil tanker that spilled more than 11 million gallons of oil into the water.  
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Ecology   The study of the relationships between living things and their environments,  
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Pesticide   The chemicals used to kill insects on plants.  
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Earth Day   A celebration started by Senator Gaylord Nelson, the first Earth Day was healed on April 22, 1970  
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Multilateral environmental agreement (MEA)   Pacts among nations to protect the environment.  
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Kyoto Accords   A framework for designing an environmental treaty.  
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Pollution   The release of wastes into the environment.  
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