Threats to Your Water Supply:
The Impact of Fertilizers, Fracking, and Water-Hungry GMO’s Do Take Their Toll...
I know you and I have been reading and hearing about the threats to our land and water for many, many years. This article from Dr. Mercola's group says a lot... but one of the key problems discussed here... is Fracking (extracting natural gas) and the impact on our environment.The video below by Dr. Ingraffea is on "Fracking" is included (about 1 hour 45 minutes) and may give you an idea of what the process is and what the risks are... so that you may decide for yourself!
There is in fact a motion picture in theaters as we speak starring Matt Damon - "Promised Land"... generally about the methods that big business uses to get you & I to let them drill on our property)
Industrial agriculture is not the only threat to our drinking water.
Hydraulic fracturing, the method used to drill for natural gas, also known as "fracking," is becoming yet another major source of groundwater contamination.
The documentary Gasland shed much needed light on the environmental destructiveness of the method. Promised Land, a Hollywood production featuring actor Matt Damon premiered on December 28, 2012. According to Reuters:4
"In the film, Damon plays a gas company landman - an agent who buys or leases land - intent on drilling beneath a town where some residents are concerned about the perils of fracking. As the landman gets to know the townspeople, he suffers a crisis of conscience....[B]oth industry and anti-fracking camps have mounted major campaigns to sway hearts and minds. 'It could become the biggest environmental debate of our time,' said Robert McNally, an energy policy expert and former White House adviser under George W. Bush. 'Hollywood is taking notice, and the industry will have its work cut out for it to defend fracking.'Nearly four out of ten Americans surveyed by the Pew Research Center early this year said they knew nothing about fracking. Other polls show most Americans familiar with the practice believe fracking offers economic benefits but requires tougher regulation.
This year, for the first time, U.S. online searches for the term 'fracking' became more popular than 'climate change,' Google data showed."The primary concern over fracking is its environmental impact, particularly its potential to render water supplies undrinkable. The method entails pumping chemical-laced water and sand at high pressure into shale rock formation, thereby releasing hydrocarbons.
The chemicals used in the process have the potential to leak into nearby groundwater, either from the well, or from spills above ground.
Yet another concern is fracking-induced earthquakes... But that's another story.Now I don't know about you, but a ton of scary unanswered questions came to mind for me... ... one of which being a statement like "Natural Gas is so much cleaner and safer than other fuels"... Right... maybe to look at... and to burn... but right now, certainly NOT TO PRODUCE IT!
And there is little doubt that these things are happening either right under your nose... or at least within a few hours drive of where you live. AND believe it, they're headed your way!
Please leave a comment below... let me know what YOU think... especially if you've in Pennsylvania or Canada... where "fracking" IS "UNDER YOUR NOSE!
Warmest Regards,
Dusk Warby
