The fact is, millions of wells have been drilled all over the United States, not to mention the world, millions(?) have been fracked, and very little of this activity has harmed the ground water being used for human activity. The few horror stories occurred in the early stages of development, decades ago. Even the terrible accident in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago is a rarity and occurred under unique circumstances. Facts are facts. If we can get past the politically-motivated, ideological fear-mongering taking place in the mass media, we'll see that fracking can be done in a safe and productive manner.
Peter
Duke study determines hydraulic
fracturing likely had no role in elevated salinity of Marcellus area water
The underlying geology seems
likely to be the cause of brine and methane migration into drinking water, as
the Duke team found elevated levels of methane contamination in drinking water
wells located within a kilometer of hydraulic fracturing, but found no evidence
of contamination from fracturing fluids."These results reinforce our
earlier work showing no evidence of brine contamination from shale gas
exploration," said Robert Jackson, co-author of the study. Article
here
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