Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, is the process of drilling
and injecting Approximately 40,000 gallons of chemical fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to
fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside. Up to 600 different chemicals are used in fracking fluid, including known carcinogens and toxins such as Radium, Mercury, Lead, Methanol, hydrochloric acid, formaldehyde, ethylene glycol and Uranium.
It takes 1-8 million gallons of water to complete each fracturing job, Each well can be fracked up to 18 times! To put in perspective how much that is, It takes 72 trillion gallons of water
and
360 billion gallons of chemicals to run the rigs we currently have in America alone!
Only 30-60% of the fracturing fluid is recovered, the rest of the toxic fluid is left in the ground and is not biodegradable and deadly.
Contaminated well water is used for drinking water for nearby cities and towns.
There have been over 1,000 documented cases of water contamination next to areas of gas drilling as well as cases of sensory, respiratory, and neurological damage due to ingested contaminated water!
The waste fluid is often left in open air pits to evaporate, releasing harmful VOC’s (volatile organic compounds) into the atmosphere, creating contaminated air, acid rain, and ground level ozone
And Political leaders Including David Cameron claim that Fracking is 100% safe!
Fact - Two small earthquakes, of magnitude 1.5 and 2.2, hit the Blackpool area in 2011 after Fracking. It was temporarily suspended in the UK until a government review concluded the process was safe if adequately monitored. 100% safe you say?
And Political leaders Including David Cameron claim that Fracking is 100% safe!
Fact - Two small earthquakes, of magnitude 1.5 and 2.2, hit the Blackpool area in 2011 after Fracking. It was temporarily suspended in the UK until a government review concluded the process was safe if adequately monitored. 100% safe you say?
Surprised you have not heard about Hydraulic fracturing & its harmful effects?
It has been around since 1949 & started in the United States, Since then they have took fracking to Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, South Africa, United Kingdom and more!
Help in your local community and worldwide by joining Frack free groups on social media and educate yourself on the dangers of Fracking..
It has been around since 1949 & started in the United States, Since then they have took fracking to Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, South Africa, United Kingdom and more!
Help in your local community and worldwide by joining Frack free groups on social media and educate yourself on the dangers of Fracking..
Watch Josh Fox's Fracking Documentary - Gasland
View a list of some of the people effected by Fracking, Its truly sickening
Jodie Simons shows the contaminated water that comes out of her kitchen sink. The family has lived since 2010 without well water to drink or bathe in. Shortly after a second well was drilled and fracked near their property, Jodie's daughter became sick with nausea and headaches. When she stopped drinking the tap water, the symptoms stopped. Their animals died after a first well was drilled.
A farmer lights ground water bubbling up from a fresh water spring on his farm in Western Pennsylvania. The gas bubbles started one day after this property was fracked for natural gas extraction. The farmer's horses stopped drinking this water the day the bubbles appeared. This spring flows into a creek which feeds a larger river.
