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QuizMultiple Choice

Environmental Issues

Question 5 of 9 • NY-US History and Government Term 2 Hillcrest

Why was the town of Picher, Oklahoma, evacuated in 2009?

Answer
A
The area’s iron, lead, and zinc mines had shut down.
B
There had been an accident at a nearby nuclear power plant.
C
Carbon dioxide in the air had sickened many of the town’s inhabitants.
D
A large number of its children had suffered from lead poisoning.
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