Determining Cause & Effect

Is the part in CAPITALS a cause or an effect?

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES CAN GET INFECTED due to contaminated water.

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Is the part in CAPITALS a cause or an effect?

A salmonella outbreak occurred, and DISEASE INVESTIGATORS TRACKED IT TO ANALYZE IT.

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Is the part in CAPITALS a cause or an effect?

TOILET FACILITIES WERE PUT IN FARMERS’ FIELDS; thus, contamination decreased.

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Is the part in CAPITALS a cause or an effect?

THE CHICKENS WERE INFECTED, so the virulent bacteria contaminated the meat .

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Is the part in CAPITALS a cause or an effect?

THE OUTBREAK WAS CAUSED by farm workers not washing their hands.

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Is the part in CAPITALS a cause or an effect?

THE INVESTIGATORS ANALYZED THE OUTBREAK, so they knew which company's eggs to recall .

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Is the part in CAPITALS a cause or an effect?

The farm industry is optimistic because SOME COUNTRIES HAVE PREVENTED FOODBORNE ILLNESSES.

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