with Approximately 40‚000 gallons and up to 600 different toxic chemicals including known carcinogens‚ volatile organic compounds (VOCs)‚ hydrochloric acid‚ carbon sulfide‚ petroleum distillates‚ mercury‚ and other toxic metals‚ are used within each fracking. This adds up to 72 trillion gallons of water and 360 billion gallons of chemicals. There have been over 1‚000 documented complaints of water contamination neighboring areas of gas drilling‚ as well as occurrences of respiratory‚ and neurological
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To begin with‚ Fracking is incredibly repulsing thing to start doing. Not only is it an atrocious way to get materials‚ ruins the environment‚ displaces animals‚ slims down food supply‚ and causes mountains to look revaluating. Honestly why would someone in their right mind want to do this? First‚ “while supporters of fracking talk about cheap energy it provides‚ they don’t mention its real cost.” (Salmon City Post 35). Although fracking makes the cost of energy go down it causes a lot more bad
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On every fracking site‚ 8 million gallons of water and 40‚000 gallons of chemicals are used each day. In addition‚ these chemicals are injected 10‚000 feet into the ground. This interesting statistic calls attention to the dangers of contamination and pollution that fracking brings to local communities and residents. A PhD recipient from Duke University‚ Dr.Richard Anderson‚ claims that the federal government needs to have certain limitations on national fracking protocol. Otherwise‚ he argues greater
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closed. Hydraulic fracking should be banned because of its contamination of groundwater supplies‚ risks to the health of public‚ increased seismic activity‚ increased atmospheric emissions and the ultimate issue of hurting the Earth. Hydraulic fracking continues to rise within many states across the U.S.‚ but also banned from other countries also. Since it’s banned in some countries‚why‚ can there be any harms from hydraulic fracking? One of the major causes why the EPA opposes fracking is one of the
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The topic concerning both environmental and occupational health that I’ve chosen to discuss is the importance and effects of hydraulic fracking. Originally created in the 1940’s‚ fracking became more used in the early 2000’s after large name corporations invested in expanding natural gas exploration (Burton). The process is quite simple; the idea is that millions of gallons of water‚ sand‚ and other such chemicals are pumped into the ground to break up shales of rocks that then release natural gasses
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Fracking Introduction Fracking (hydraulic fracturing)‚ a simple but revolutionary process‚ has changed the way of collecting natural resources after the propitious success in 1947. By injecting water‚ sand‚ and toxic chemical such as mercury and lead with high pressure into a wellbore‚ fractures smaller than 1mm will be created and a vast amount of formerly inaccessible hydrocarbon are now available for use and thus brought “U.S. to become one of the world ’s top three oil producers”(Garder‚ US
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called hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing‚ better known as “fracking”‚ is when high-pressured liquids are forced into the ground causes a subterranean layer of earth (The Marcellus Formation) to fracture causing oils and natural gases to be released. Fracking has been a very controversial topic for years in many aspects. In the television series Fault Lines‚ directed by Al Jareeza and written by Sam Black‚ the episode “Fracking in America” perfect exhibits our international debate and the direction
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Fracking for Natural Gas—Legal‚ Political‚ Environmental and Ethical Issues Daniela Vega‚ Ebony Daughtry‚ Ericka Koussi‚ Frederick Gibbs & Paul Payway This paper is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Business Ethics BUS 5933 49 Texas Woman’s University School of Management Professor H. Guy Smith December 9‚ 2012 Table of Contents |Introduction....................................................................................................
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HN English 11 1 May 2013 It’s a Fracking Problem Fracking is increasing in the U.S.‚ but with this increase of natural gas comes an increase of safety concerns. The process of hydraulic fracking requires chemicals that can affect the families that live nearby. These chemicals also affect the environment on the land and in the air. With fracking there comes its positives and its negatives‚ some good and some bad. There are very few regulations on how fracking can be done‚ but in the regulations
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devastating side effects of fracking (hydraulic fracturing). Fracking has been implemented at the Fayetteville Shale‚ which stretches across Arkansas‚ to access natural gas buried deep below the surface of the earth. Fracking enthusiasts tout the economic benefits of this method of tapping our natural resources and are quick to dispute any argument from environmentalists. However‚ a close examination of the facts proves that Arkansans stands to lose more than they will gain from fracking. Hydraulic fracturing
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