Thursday, May 12, 2011

Deceptive Environmental Report

A few prominent House liberals today released a report alleging that "thousands" of gallons of carcinogenic waste has been injected into wells throughout America. Their report is deceptive.

Type II deep water injection wells are the safest way to depose of fracking fluid (99.56% of which is just plain water.) These wells are rigorously regulated for safety, and they are completely safe. They are constructed in such a way that any possible contamination is disposed of without harm to any individual, plant, or natural formation, including groundwater. All accidents that have been associated with fracking are because the water was not injected into these wells, where the water was just stored in above-ground containment vessels or left in a retention pond, which would contaminate groundwater.


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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/17/fracking-report-carcinogens-water-wells_n_850159.html?ncid=txtlnkushuff00000003