A typical bathtub holds about 50 gallons, so 1,000,000 would fill about 20,000 bathtubs!

What is It?
Fracking is when toxins are injected in to rocks beneath the Earth's surface to extract fossil fuels.
(NOT ECO FRIENDLY)

People have reported heart disease, lung problems, and many more medical woes.

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• The interviews recounted experiences involving companion animals that failed to reproduce after drinking contaminated well water.

How it Affects YOU

• Birth deformities, polluted water, and disease are just some of the consequences.

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SOLUTION

• Using less motorized vehicles for modes of transportation
• Use Eco-Friendly vehicles such as electronic cars, or scooters
• And using the process of Distillation.

CITATIONS

• Citation 1: Koch, Wendy. "People near 'fracking' wells report health woes." USA Today 10 Sept. 2014: 01B. Student Resources in Context. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.
• Citation 2: "Pennsylvania." Worldmark Encyclopedia of U.S. and Canadian Environmental Issues. Ed. Susan Bevan Gall and Margaret K. Antone. Detroit: Gale, 2012. 393-401. Student Resources in Context. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.

CITATIONS #2

• Citation: Lautemann, Eva. "Bamberger, Michelle & Robert Oswald. The Real Cost of Fracking: How America's Shale Gas Boom Is Threatening Our Families, Pets, and Food." Library Journal 1 July 2014: 106+. Student Resources in Context. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.
• Picture: Freeman, Melanie S. Fire Water. 2014. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images, n.p.