Fracking Water Bottles

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What harm can store-bought water bottles filled with water and fracking cause? Statistics state that there is more harm done than a person might think. One out of every six water bottles gets recycled; if a bottle is filled up by a fourth of oil, that same amount of oil was used in its production. Fracking actually pollutes water so bad that it is next to impossible to purify. In 'The Curse of Water Bottles' and 'Fracking Threatens Everyone', the authors reveal the harm done by those two 'convenient' sources. Something that may seem extremely convenient can be very harmful to the Earth. In 'The Curse of Water Bottles', the author states that a water bottle uses a quarter of its volume in the production of that one water bottle.

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