Summary Of The Impact Of Fracking On The Environment

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Thank you for sharing your post it is always so informative. In my research I found an article which discussed your last comment about we don’t know about the impact that fracking has on the environment. The article I found discusses how the side effects caused by fracking can cause earthquakes and health concerns (Loki, 2015) I found it interesting that one well can produce more then million gallons of wastewater with radium and benzene in them. There is a thirty nine percent of homes near by having of radon concentration. Radon kills 21,000 people each year from lung cancer. Also, they have found methane seventeen times higher in water supplies in areas near to wells were fracking is being used. That same waste is left in open containers

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