A Fracking Wasteland: America’s New Chemical Dump

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One of the more destructive developments to come out of the industrial age is mankind’s ability to tinker with the delicate balance of nature. We’ve been like a bull in a china shop, charging in without taking into account the consequences of our actions. And with the rise of the energy conglomerates, and their lust for money, this disregard has never been on more prominent display.

Fracking Investigation: Yes, It’s Poisoning the Water

Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) - Diagram from Future Challenges

Detection of high concentrations of benzene, xylenes, gasoline range organics, diesel range organics, and total purgeable hydrocarbons in ground water samples from shallow monitoring wells near pits indicates that pits are a source of shallow ground water contamination in the area of investigation.