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The Exxon Valdez Brings Danger to the Environment
By Jane Runyon |
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1 Oil is an important product in the world's economy. Oil is used to produce gasoline which makes cars and trucks run. Oil is used to heat homes in the winter. Byproducts of oil are used in chemical compounds to make everything from band-aids to plastic bottles. Oil is often transported from country to country around the world by large ships. One of these ships almost destroyed an entire living habitat.