Fracking Damage

The US Geological Survey has (finally) begun to do testing on water near fracking waste water storage sites.

And the results are not promising for the frackers. Then again, the frackers knew they were damaging the environment in many different ways. They were not always clear on how they were damaging the environment and the water near their sites.

But we are now starting to receive hard scientific data on the damage being done and the frackers are not going to like it.

First was the chemicals that were found in the water near fracking waste sites: barium, bromide, calcium, chloride, sodium, lithium, and strontium. I suspect that this is not a full list of the chemicals that they found. I do suspect that the report was first given to the frackers and they then decided what chemical names could be released and how the names could be released. Many fracking companies have patents, etc on their cocktails that they use in fracking, so it is technically illegal for anyone to release their names.

Do a little research on these chemicals and you will find them none too friendly to the human body. Animals seem to be smart enough to stay away from water supplies laced with these toxic chemicals. Humans, not so much.

That is, unless the animals can't escape. Like fish and other wildlife that live in the water.

Then they suffer problems that they can not escape from.

It seems that there are endocrine disruptors in the fracking water and fish that are near to or downstream from fracking water storage sites have gender issues. It appears that male small mouth bass are having their testicles changed into ovaries by the chemicals in the water.

The gender bending was first noticed in smaller microbes that I suspect that the small mouth bass ate. Now, how many fishermen go out fishing for these bass and eat them? Or feed them to their families? What is the impact of these endocrine disruptors on them and other species that eat the bass?

I imagine that the consequences of eating these fish, over time, is not too healthy for anyone or any animal.

And all along the fracking companies knew that there would be problems.

They just weren't sure of all the problems that their get rich quick scheme would create.

And, sadly, there won't be any consequences for what they have done to the environment or to people.

Socialists demand an end to fracking for a wide variety of reasons.

-It contaminates water supplies

-It contaminates the land

-It contaminates the air

-The fire hazards at the well sites

-There is no way to safely transport fracked gas

-There is no way to safely store fracking waste water and chemicals

-The cancer risks from fracking chemicals (to the well workers)

I can go on about the global warming and climate change problems of a carbon based economy.

And now we add this to the mix.

Socialists say “NO” to fracking and demand that the fracking companies and their owners (past and present) clean up all the environmental damage that they have done out of their own pockets.

It is not the taxpayer's responsibility to clean up corporate America's mess.