Frustrations over seeing hunting and fishing areas affected by fracking chemicals has prompted the Sportsmen Alliance for Marcellus Conservation. Rather than accept information handed to them by gas companies, regarding the safety of hydro-fracture+ gas drilling and fracking brine, they are looking at the effects on water supplies and land surrounding areas near drilling sites.
This quote from a June 25, 2011 Huff Post article by Kevin Begos about the issue and group describes their findings in one short paragraph. "Already, preliminary water testing by sportsmen is showing consistently high levels of bromides and total dissolved solids in some streams near fracking operations, Dufalla said. Bromide is a salt that reacts with the chlorine disinfectants used by drinking water systems and creates trihalomethanes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says trihalomethanes can be harmful to people who drink water with elevated levels for many years."
No comments:
Post a Comment