LSAT PrepTest 158 - Section 1 - Passage 1 - Question 6

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Main Problem · Toxic waste disposal

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Solution · Deep well injection

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Details of Solution · Details of deep well injection

Waste injected into rock layers, out of reach of underground drinking water (aquifers)

problem · Three problems with deep well injection

Problem 1 · Wells can still leak into aquifers, polluting drinking water

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Problem 2 · Human error can cause wells to fail

Example of human error threatening drinking water supply

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Problem 3 · Very difficult to predict how waste will flow underground

Reiteration of 3 problems · Uncertainty of flow (problem 3), mechanical failure (problem 1), human error (problem 2)

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It’s difficult to predict the answer just based on the question stem, because the whole passage is about deep-well injection of wastes. Let’s jump into the answers. We’re looking for something the passage states about deep-well injection of hazardous wastes.

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Supported by the end of P1.

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The author never mentions an increase in toxin-related illnesses.

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Anti-supported. Industries are turning to deep-well injection because it’s more cost-effective than alternatives.

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Deep-well injection has become controversial; the author never suggests it has become more widely accepted.

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Deep-well injection has become controversial; the author never suggests it has become more widely accepted.

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