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ACT Reading 2.6 Natural Science Passage. The health hazard mentioned in question 2 was, according to this report, a direct result of which of the following?

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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by

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hurricanes. They're gonna rock you like...a tornado.

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The health hazard mentioned in question 2 was, according to this report, a direct result

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of which of the following?

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So we're looking for what awful thing directly caused the crisis that the ATSDR apparently mishandled.

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Could choice (D) be right?

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Well, the swampy, low-lying topography of Louisiana doesn't do anybody any favors--during

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hurricane season at least.

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But the passage doesn't say anything about Louisiana's swampiness being the main problem here. (D) is out.

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Choice (C) says the issue is climate change.

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Though some will tell you that global warming is increasing the frequency and ferocity of

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hurricanes, the passage doesn't say any such thing.

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Answer (A) is super tempting. It's correct, in that hurricanes Rita and Katrina definitely

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caused the problems addressed in the passage.

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We still can't give it our stamp of approval, however, because the hurricanes only indirectly

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caused the health hazard at hand.

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Since the question specifically asks for the "direct" cause, we're going to have to keeping looking.

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(B) is the answer choice for us.

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The passage says that the FEMA trailers in which the storm evacuees lived were the culprits,

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because toxic formaldehyde was used in the building materials.

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Formaldehyde in the building materials? So, what—did they hire undertakers as construction workers?

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