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What happens to the water?

When the chemicals go in, it can mix with the groundwater or aquifer. There are about 750 chemicals and poisons they use. For example, there is mercury which hurts our brains. There is benzine which is really bad. They use formaldehyde . They use methane, which is a gas. This is what you are seeing catch fire in the water. Many of the chemicals can cause cancer and make people very sick. The water becomes so bad that we can't make it clean. This water gets into our drinking water. It gets into our streams, lakes, and rivers. Over 1,000 documented cases have been reported of people's drinking water becoming poisoned.