Fight Fracking

During natural-gas drilling known as “fracking,” chemicals, water and sand are injected into the earth in order to create enough pressure to crack open rocks and release oil or natural gas. The nearly 600 chemicals used in fracking include known carcinogens such as benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylene, among others, which can leach into drinking water.

However, natural gas and oil companies, which still aren’t held accountable to the Safe Drinking Water Act, don’t have to disclose all of the chemicals that they use. These chemicals have been linked to neurological disorders, birth defects and cancer, among other significant problems, as a result of the practice.

This is serious, people.

To protect our water, you can join a coalition of concerned citizens trying to get fracking operations out of our communities. A great source for locating one near you is the non-profit organization Food and Water Watch.

This entry was posted on Monday, March 17th, 2014 at 8:40 am. It is filed under Sustainability and tagged with energy, natural gas, pollution, tracking, water. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.