Enough With Scientific Jargon. Let's Hear The True (Scary) Facts From The Real Experts.

From: UpWorthy

by Megan Kelley

ACT CHECK TIME! Here's what our fact checkers found:

• In March 2013, more than 200,000 gallons of tar sands oil (WHOA that's a lot) spilled in Mayflower.
• Tar sands oil is different from the motor oil you'd put in your car, in part because it's diluted with benzene (which, btw, can be super harmful to humans). In fact, the folks in the video are right in saying that exposure to tar sands can cause nausea, ear ringing, and general malaise.
• The proposed Keystone XL pipeline would carry a whopping 35 million gallons of tar sands each day, which is pretty scary considering the existing Keystone pipeline spilled more than 30 times in one year.

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