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16.8 Poisoning the water-well: What’s wrong with generating 250 million litres of toxic waste daily?

16.8 Poisoning the water-well: What’s wrong with generating 250 million litres of toxic waste daily?

Disgusting isn’t it? We find it revolting to think that there could be some human waste in our water. The reality is much worse. Industrial pollution is killing our water supply. In Alberta (Canada) alone, there have been about 2 crude oil spills per day. The doesn’t include any spills that were less than 2,000 litres (12.5 barrels of oil) because who cares if we get some toxic chemicals into our water supply? In the US, they simply store 30 trillion litres of toxic liquid thousands of feet below the surface of the earth. At least, it’s not urine