I apologize for the brevity of this post, but I want to share these links tonight.
The first link is to an article about the debate over fracking brine injection wells slated for Mansfield, Ohio's industrial park. The News Journal article has a couple of errors in the data presented, so be sure to check out the comments at the end of the article as one of the readers presented the correct data.
The second link is a Scientific American article describing the "fugitive methane" from hydro-fracture natural gas drilling (greenhouse gas emissions.)
The third link is an EcoWatch article, reviewing a Cornell study that found a link between fracking brine and farm animal mutations and mortality
The fourth link I want to share with you tonight goes to an Ohio.com article. This article explains that the federal Agency for Substances and Disease Registry, which is part of the US CDC, says the water contamination in two Medina, Ohio wells (which are now potentially explosive) near fracking sites appears to be connected to the drilling, even though the ODNR says there is no connection. ASDR also noted that "current conditions are likely to pose a public health threat."
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