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Research has determined that fracking negatively affects human health and drives climate change. [2] [3] [4] Fracking fluids include proppants and other substances, which include chemicals known to be toxic, as well as unknown chemicals that may be toxic. [5] In the United States, such additives may be treated as trade secrets by companies who ...
Environmental impact of fracking in the United States has been an issue of public concern, and includes the contamination of ground and surface water, methane emissions, [1] air pollution, migration of gases and fracking chemicals and radionuclides to the surface, the potential mishandling of solid waste, drill cuttings, increased seismicity and associated effects on human and ecosystem health.
The increase in fracking from 2009 led to a drop in natural gas prices that made natural gas become more competitive with coal. This analysis estimates coal generation decreased as a result by 28%, which led to an average reduction of 4% in air pollution yielding positive health benefits.
Opinion: Ohio needs leadership committed to reversing policies that hurt Mother Earth.
Many people have heard the term "fracking" and how it is the future of the U.S. economy, but know very little about what it actually entails. The motivations of the various sides in the debate ...
The United States Geological Survey notes that fracking involves injecting water into bedrock to loosen it and retrieving oil and gas deposits. What is fracking? How the process works.
According to Book Marks, the book received a positive reception. [2] The Los Angeles Review of Books called the work "thoroughly reported and tightly paced". [3] A Kirkus review concluded that the work was a "solid addition to the burgeoning literature on the social and health-related effects of fracking."
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