Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Fracking technology deteriorates human health. No one would have signed leases if they knew it at the time.

April 23, 2014
By Meredith Clark

A Texas family has won a $2.925 million judgment against an energy corporation over damage to health and property caused by fracking operations....

...Attorneys for the Parrs (click here) said this suit was the first fracking trial in the United States. Hydraulic fracking is a process used to extract natural gas from underground. It pumps millions of gallons of water and toxic chemicals into well drilled deep into shale deposits and pushes natural gas out through cracks that form. At least 15 million people lived within a mile of a well drilled since 2000....

I am sure the industry knew. It wasn't simply new technology. It is time for Americans to stand up for themselves and end this.