Oil Sand Extraction in Canada

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Community Helpers

por Melanie Bergenhagen

Body Parts

por Paola Sánchez

Elizabethan Era

por Emmanuel Benjamin

HUMAN IMPACT

por Monique Brown

Oil Sand Extraction in Canada

Wildlife Impacts

Throw off food chain

Certain species going extinct

Loss of Habitat land

Tailings

Contaminate soil

Cause Erosion and sinkholes

Source of toxic chemicals

Water Impacts

Removed contaminated water creates tailings

Pollutes water

Water is removed from nearby sources

Climate Impacts

Risk of spill severely affect environment

Increase of cancer and respiratory diseases

Emits greenhouse gases