Groups such as the Sierra Club have long claimed that fracking is an environmental hazard. The revolutionary drilling process “has contaminated the drinking water of hundreds of thousands of Americans,” Sierra says on its website. The statement must rest on some pretty sound science, right?
Guess again.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last year wrapped up one of the most comprehensive studies of hydraulic fracturing done to date. “We did not find evidence that these [fracking] mechanisms have led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States,” it concluded.
And an EPA report released earlier this month notes that “the number of identified cases of drinking water contamination is small” compared to the total number of hydraulically fractured wells.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/19/environmentalists-fudging-the-facts-about-fracking/
Guess again.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last year wrapped up one of the most comprehensive studies of hydraulic fracturing done to date. “We did not find evidence that these [fracking] mechanisms have led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States,” it concluded.
And an EPA report released earlier this month notes that “the number of identified cases of drinking water contamination is small” compared to the total number of hydraulically fractured wells.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/19/environmentalists-fudging-the-facts-about-fracking/