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Search Topic: I am interested in finding out more about contaminants in American big city water suppliers.

Based on the search above, do the options below use search strategies correctly?  Could they be improved?

Search A:

“big city” AND water

Search B:

contaminant OR "human activity"

Search C:

contaminant OR pollutant OR toxin

AND

"water quality"

Search D:

"san francisco" OR "los angeles" OR "new york"

AND

pollution*

AND

health

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