The Environmental Protection Agency still does not have a clear answer to if fracking could contaminate drinking water. The EPA has been unsuccessful in collecting the data the need to dully address the issue. There was a study that was supposed to be “definitive” in 2010 but the answer still looms today.
This is relevant to our APES class because we just learned about fracking and how it could potentially help supply energy during this energy boom. If fracking could pollute drinking water, then we should be working on a way, if possible, to make it enviormentally friendly as possible and have it not damage our drinking water. I hope the EPA continues their investigation as the answer to this question “could prove critical to future U.S. regulation of the multibillion-dollar fossil fuel sector and to ensuring water safety for millions of Americans.”
I totally agree with you in that the EPA should work towards finding an answer to this very important manner. Although fracking could be beneficial, if it proves to be polluting our water system I personally do not think we should be doing it because it could become very harmful to us humans. Do you think if fracking damages our drinking water that we should move away from it or improve it’s methods?
i would like to know what chemicals are in the fracking fluid. the formula is protected by law as a company secret so no one company has to tell the government whats in it. is this right or should company be forced to disclose this information
I think that this is complete relevant to us because California is considering franking. We need to know if the water that we are drinking is actually safe.
Thank you for the insightful comments! I agree, Brooke.