The methane concentration is seventeen percent higher in the drinking water near sites where fracking is performed. The water is used by near by cities and towns. This water has been seen to cause sensory, respiratory, and neurological damage to those who are exposed to it. The chemicals used in the mixture are chemicals known to cause cancer. Fracking is also hard on the environment.
Furthermore, the influx of chemicals brought deep into the ground for extraction purposes have mixed with ground water, leading to lethal contamination of local drinking water. Amongst these results, fracking often yields high amounts of methane gases to the atmosphere. If fracking continues at high rates it will evidently threaten local habitats while also contaminating ground waters and while polluting
Fracking is inherently risky, there is extensive evidence to suggest that fracking can contaminate groundwater and that it causes significant air pollution. For the first time in history, smog has become a major issue in many rural communities in the US, with some villages in Wyoming experiencing worse smog than downtown Los Angeles and an increase in lung cancer cases of over 500%. Since 2005, 1.2 trillion litres has been wasted in the fracking process creating toxic waste which cannot be recycled and must be disposed of very carefully to avoid danger to humans and the environment. In addition, one in six deep injection wells examined have an integrity violation leading to the leaking of toxic waste into the environment – more than 17,000 violations in the US alone. Such is the desperation for energy in the US, fracking has had to be made exempt from parts of at least seven major national statutes, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act in order for it to be made legal.
Two environmental problems caused by extensive plastic bag use are the chemicals that make the plastic bag and the way we dispose of them. Plastic bags are very dangerous to the environment. The plastic bag is made of toxic chemicals like xylene, ethylene oxide and benzene. Plastic bags are non-biodegradable which means these toxic harmful chemicals are putting people and the environment at risk. Because people don't dispose of the plastic bags properly they get into water ways which eventually affect the see life as well as all other animals and living organisms including plants.
Water supplies have been contaminated due to companies not using proper procedures and there also have been seismic activity in areas where there is rarely seismic activity. Fracking’s economic benefits do not compensate for the destructions that we are doing to our environment for generations to come. Many people involved in the fracking industry want you to believe it is safe but when using the numerous chemicals there is no telling what can go wrong. “Water would simply sink into the rock without cracking the substrate. For this reason, the drilling companies must make a slick
Hydraulic Fracturing: The Inefficient Fuel Source Accoring to Treehugger, hydraulic fracturing requires 80 to 300 tons of chemicals to frack a single oil well. Hydraulic fracturing is the process of extracting shale gas deposited in deep underground wells by injecting water, sand, and disclosed chemicals into the ground at high pressure (Weighing the Risks of Fracking). Fracking is a non-renewable energy source that is very harmful to the environment. Hydraulic fracturing should be discontinued because it harms the environment, it requires a plethora of water, and because it has been linked to causing earthquakes (Jordan Howard). The chemicals that are used in the fracking process aren’t disclosed to the public.
As a result, many trucks have to travel to and fro the mining site to supply the water and other amenities causing dust pollution and soil erosion on the dirt roads. Chemicals used in the fracking process are able to sip through cracks in the rocks and the soil and contaminate any water sources they meet. This water finds its way into the community or cities. When consumed, these chemicals can lead to cancer, defects in newly-born babies and disorders in the nervous system. Large amounts of methane and other poisonous gases released into the air from the gas wells contribute to heavy air pollution and global warming.
However, I have met many people that dislike the process very much. Below one will find the answer to what fracking is, why some people think that it is important to use fracking, and what about the process concerns so many people. Fracking is also known as hydraulic fracturing. “Hydraulic fracturing is the process of creating fissures in underground formations to allow natural gas to flow.” (Barnett Shale Energy Education Council) Fracking extracts oil and gas from layers of rock formations deep beneath the earth’s surface. Sometimes, the wells can be thousands of feet deep.
Secondly, there is excessive disposal, mainly caused by the geology, making many sites suitable for landfill. Landfill sites also produce gases including carbon dioxide and methane which contribute to global warming, making it very unsustainable. Toxic leachate may occur, which will inevitably harm animals and water courses. Although this is very unsustainable, the waste can be incinerated to produce energy (leading to less stress on other resources, therefore more sustainable), but there is concern on whether this acts as a carcinogen which can lead to the formation of cancerous tissues, still making it
If a human inhales ground-level ozone it can cause chest pain, throat irritation, and congestion. It also affects the wild life as the animals that eat certain leaves and plant which can have problems producing food. Chlorofluorocarbons are normally found in Freon, halons, methyl bromide, methyl chloroform and carbon tetrachloride. The damage CFCs causes to our ozone layer is very dangerous especially since the ozone layer protects us from ultra violet radiation from the sun. If we continue to dispose of these chemicals in correctly it will continue hurt us especially by affecting the brain, eyes, heart, kidney and the reproductive system if large amount is exposed to