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Explain whether each of the following is a positive or negative externality.

Smoking on campus exposes students to secondhand smoke.


• College graduates add to the nation's supply of skilled workers and add to productivity.


• Biotech firms invent new medicines.


• Using energy-saving light bulbs reduces the pollution from electricity-generating plants.


• Crowded freeways with heavy truck usage expose the surrounding communities to increased health risks.


• Restoring the Amazon forest can reduce global levels of pollution.

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1. negative
2. positive
3. positive
4.positive
5.negative
6. positive
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