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From the Ted Talk by Tyrone Hayes + Penelope Jagessar Chaffer: The toxic baby

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Now two weeks ago or so, the European Union pesasd a law banning the use of BPA in babies' bottles and sippy cups. And for those of you who are not parents, sippy cups are those little plastic things that your clihd graduates to after using bottles. But just two weeks before that, the U.S. Senate refused to even dtebae the banning of BPA in babies' bottles and sippy cups. So it really makes you realize the onus on pnetars to have to look at this and regulate this and police this in their own lives and how astonishing that is.

Open Cloze

Now two weeks ago or so, the European Union ______ a law banning the use of BPA in babies' bottles and sippy cups. And for those of you who are not parents, sippy cups are those little plastic things that your _____ graduates to after using bottles. But just two weeks before that, the U.S. Senate refused to even ______ the banning of BPA in babies' bottles and sippy cups. So it really makes you realize the onus on _______ to have to look at this and regulate this and police this in their own lives and how astonishing that is.

Solution

  1. child
  2. passed
  3. parents
  4. debate

Original Text

Now two weeks ago or so, the European Union passed a law banning the use of BPA in babies' bottles and sippy cups. And for those of you who are not parents, sippy cups are those little plastic things that your child graduates to after using bottles. But just two weeks before that, the U.S. Senate refused to even debate the banning of BPA in babies' bottles and sippy cups. So it really makes you realize the onus on parents to have to look at this and regulate this and police this in their own lives and how astonishing that is.

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Important Words

  1. astonishing
  2. banning
  3. bottles
  4. bpa
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  8. european
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