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A motor-oil recycling company wants to build a new processing plant on a hill overlooking a lake. The nearby town draws its water from the lake. Which of the following is an environmental concern that the citizens of the town might have regarding the processing plant?

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The water might become contaminated, therefore the water that the town draws from the lake probably would be toxic, this also might ruin any wildlife in the lake
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the oil might leak into the soil, causing the lake to become contaminated

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