Fracking is a high pressure drilling process that injects a water mixture that includes chemical additive, base fluid, and proppant into the Earth. I believe fracking in the Midwest should not be allowed because of the serious risk that it creates for people who lives in this region. Natural disasters, pollution, and health risk
Scientifically the fracking drilling could also cause natural disasters, such as earthquakes. The deep-well drilling from the fracking injects gallons of toxic water waste into the Earth. However, the earthquakes that were caused by fracking had low measurements (he highest measurements was 5.2). In 2011, Ohio reported a sinkholes and believed that it was caused by the fracking that is going on in the Midwest.
Fracking mixture contains approximately 90 percent of water and 95 percent of proppant. The following based fluid includes…show more content… It is required to release up to 8 million gallons of water, 40,000 gallons of chemicals, and require up to 2,000 tanker truck trip to complete the process for fracking. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) did a study on fracking in the Midwest to prove that it is polluting the air, the water, and contaminating the soil. Fracking increased the ozone level (air level) for the pollution in Midwest region. “Wyoming’s air quality near rural drilling sites is worse than Los Angeles’- with Wyoming ozone levels recorded at 124 parts per billion compared to the worse air day of the year for Los Angeles, at 114 parts per billion. The Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum healthy limit is 75 parts per billion.” Quoted the associated press.” (Potential Health and Environmental Effects of Hydrofracking in the Williston Basin, Montana ) “In 2007, projects Montana to experience a 310% increase in nitrogen oxide pollution (smog).” (Potential Health and Environmental Effects of Hydrofracking in the
