The Water Question
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I made this game for my Environmental Pollution and Health class. Click the bottom right corner to make it full screen! You can click anywhere on the game screen to progress once you click start.
It is about the top toxins and advice mentioned in the book Superman’s Not Coming by Erin Brockovich. Click the "Open Booklet" icon in the top left to learn more about the different toxins that may be contaminating the patients' drinking water.
Overall, my game, “The Water Question,” serves as a way for the player to learn more about the different toxins that can contaminate their drinking water and what symptoms they may cause. As Brockovich highlights in her book, knowledge is power, and allowing people to understand these different toxins may give them the push they need to research the safety of their drinking water and how to fight for change if necessary.
Works Cited:
Brockovich, Erin. “The Top Toxins.” Superman’s Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do about It, Pantheon, 2020.
CDC. “About Lead in Drinking Water.” Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention, 28 May 2024, https://www.cdc.gov/lead-prevention/prevention/drinking-water.html.
EPA. “Chromium in Drinking Water.” US EPA, 20 Feb. 2025, https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/chromium-drinking-water.
---. Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins: Information for Drinking Water Systems. Sept. 2014, https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-08/documents/cyanobacteria_factsheet.pdf.
---. HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS AND DRINKING WATER. https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-11/documents/harmful_algal_blooms_and_drinking_water_factsheet.pdf.
---. “Our Current Understanding of the Human Health and Environmental Risks of PFAS.” US EPA, 26 Nov. 2024, https://www.epa.gov/pfas/our-current-understanding-human-health-and-environmental-risks-pfas.
O’Keeffe, Juliette. “Cyanobacteria - Tapping into the Risks to Drinking Water.” NCCEH - CCSNE, 21 May 2019, https://ncceh.ca/resources/blog/cyanobacteria-tapping-risks-drinking-water.
State Water Resources Control Board. PFAS – Frequently Asked Questions. 19 Mar. 2020, https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/pfas/docs/master_pfas_faq_mar.pdf.
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