components are known and are accessible to the public through the website fracfocus.org, which organizes most of fracking fluids components into files that are accessed by a user typing in a location to view the nearest wellsite’s formula, with exceptions to the chemicals label “trade secret.”
The most important component of fracking fluid is water, which makes up most of the composition of fracking fluid. Water is the most important part of fracking fluid, because it is the component that cracks the rock when pressurized. When hydraulic fracturing was in the developmental stage, water was the medium of choice to transfer the pressure to the rocks. It was chosen because of water is environmentally friendly and has a low compressibility when …show more content…
Signs of contamination include “tap water discoloration, the emission of unnatural odors, and the flammable water [of which the last two are caused by methane contamination]” (Fisher 104). Fracking fluid most often contains over seven hundred chemicals with one hundred being endocrine disrupters, or chemicals when over a certain dosage can be cancerous, cause birth defects, and developmental disorders (Fisher 104). Consumption of this water has resulted in the filing of several complaints including “headaches, nosebleeds, stomach pain and extreme fatigue…with some [even testing] positive for exposure to harmful chemicals” (Fisher …show more content…
Fracking, however has mixed reviews based on the terminology used. A recent study examined the usage of “frack” versus “hydraulic fracturing” in surveys (Evenson 130). Those conduction the survey concluded that there is a twelve percent decrease in support of fracking when the term “fracking” was used. The word fracking has even been associated with or substituted in place of other coarse words that sound similar to denote lack of support. The word has also “become a linguistic weapon in the shale-gas culture wars” (Evenson 130). Another national survey then analyzed the response to a variation of the same test, except using the words “shale gas development” and “fracking” (Evenson 131). Again the terminology used invoked more negative responses towards “fracking,” while inducing a positive response to the more complex sounding “shale gas development.” The survey found that that support for the same idea, only described with different levels of sophistication, survey participants’ rate of approval increased from just forty-six percent to nearly sixty-two percent (Evenson 131). The margins of increase in support are enough evidence that with a few minor modification and refinements to any text can drastically sway support for a cause. This simple physiological effect can be used by fracking companies or an entire industry to increase support, despite health warnings and potentially
The most important component of fracking fluid is water, which makes up most of the composition of fracking fluid. Water is the most important part of fracking fluid, because it is the component that cracks the rock when pressurized. When hydraulic fracturing was in the developmental stage, water was the medium of choice to transfer the pressure to the rocks. It was chosen because of water is environmentally friendly and has a low compressibility when …show more content…
Signs of contamination include “tap water discoloration, the emission of unnatural odors, and the flammable water [of which the last two are caused by methane contamination]” (Fisher 104). Fracking fluid most often contains over seven hundred chemicals with one hundred being endocrine disrupters, or chemicals when over a certain dosage can be cancerous, cause birth defects, and developmental disorders (Fisher 104). Consumption of this water has resulted in the filing of several complaints including “headaches, nosebleeds, stomach pain and extreme fatigue…with some [even testing] positive for exposure to harmful chemicals” (Fisher …show more content…
Fracking, however has mixed reviews based on the terminology used. A recent study examined the usage of “frack” versus “hydraulic fracturing” in surveys (Evenson 130). Those conduction the survey concluded that there is a twelve percent decrease in support of fracking when the term “fracking” was used. The word fracking has even been associated with or substituted in place of other coarse words that sound similar to denote lack of support. The word has also “become a linguistic weapon in the shale-gas culture wars” (Evenson 130). Another national survey then analyzed the response to a variation of the same test, except using the words “shale gas development” and “fracking” (Evenson 131). Again the terminology used invoked more negative responses towards “fracking,” while inducing a positive response to the more complex sounding “shale gas development.” The survey found that that support for the same idea, only described with different levels of sophistication, survey participants’ rate of approval increased from just forty-six percent to nearly sixty-two percent (Evenson 131). The margins of increase in support are enough evidence that with a few minor modification and refinements to any text can drastically sway support for a cause. This simple physiological effect can be used by fracking companies or an entire industry to increase support, despite health warnings and potentially