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Handout
CNN

Cnn: 10 Things You Need to Know About Anthrax

For Students 9th - 10th
In an attempt to educate the public during the scare of the anthrax letter attacks in October, 2001, CNN published information on anthrax.
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eBook
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Cancer.gov: What You Need to Know About Oral Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and other information about oral cancer.
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eBook
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

Cancer.gov: What You Need to Know About Prostate Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an in-depth review of a variety of topics related to prostate cancer including causes, the stages of the disease, prevention, and treatment. Included is a list of terms and definitions.
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Handout
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Ground Water and Drinking Water: Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the public's drinking water, the oversight agencies that govern it, and what needs to be done in an emergency if it becomes contaminated.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Aids Activists Used "Die Ins" to Demand Attention to the Growing Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
As the AIDS crisis took hold in the 1980s, killing thousands of Americans and ravaging gay communities, the deadly epidemic went unaddressed by U.S. public health agencies -- and unacknowledged by President Ronald Reagan -- for years. In...