Finish the sentences.

 

1) Officials in the village of Crestwood have been secretly introducing tainted water into the town water supply out of …

 

a) lake

b) river

c) well

 

2) Frank Caldario was diagnosed with …

 

a) kidney cancer

b) stomach cancer

c) lungs cancer

 

3) The Illinois Department of Public Health conducted a survey of …

 

a) water contamination

b) disease rates

c) shortage of water supply

 

4) The researchers found that rates of lung cancer were significantly higher in Crestwood …

 

a) men

b) both men and women

c) women

 

5) The village has used more than $1 million in taxpayer funds to defend itself against …

 

a) lawsuits

b) polluted water

c) cancer

 

Answer the questions.

 

1) What has a report by the Chicago Tribune revealed?

2) What age was Frank Caldario diagnosed with kidney cancer at?

3) How much of the town's drinking water came from the polluted well?

4) What did the Illinois Department of Public Health undertake in response to the article?

5) What did the researchers find?

6) Could the researchers prove that the higher cancer rates were caused by the polluted water?

7) What are the residents worried about?

8) How much in taxpayer funds has the village used to defend itself against lawsuits?

 

Read text D and translate it in writing.

Text D