Every time you have a drink of water from your tap, you figure it\u2019s safe. Who is protecting your water?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a classic misstatement these days when you read articles about a process called \u201cfracking\u201d that extracts oil from and natural gas from rock formation. Fracking is also referred to as hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking and, contrary to media reports that the process uses a \u201cbrine\u201d for the process, the fluid used is a compound of over 500 nasty chemicals. Those chemicals, for the most part, are also considered to be carcinogenic. And get this. After the process, the water used in fracking is radioactive.<\/p>\n
If you have a fracking project anywhere in the vicinity of where you live, you will want to ask some really pointed questions about the safety of your groundwater, which ultimately winds up in your taps. Do you really want to be drinking weird sounding chemicals floating in (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every time you have a drink of water from your tap, you figure it\u2019s safe. Who is protecting your water? It\u2019s a classic misstatement these days when you read articles about a process called \u201cfracking\u201d that extracts oil from and…<\/span><\/p>\n