This article discusses fracking, and its environmental consequences. Fracking is a way for companies to get oil out of rocks and it is dangerous to the environment. For example, in 2008 the EPA took water samples from residents’ houses and wells and found hydrocarbons, as well as contaminants in what they thought was clean water. These pollutants were most likely due to fracking. Even after the EPA drilled wells, they realized that the fracking really was causing environmental effects, and negative ones at that.
Personally, I believe that this issue is serious because we do not want our environment to be in bad condition. However, it is already in bad condition and we do not want to make it worse! By fracking, we are definitely taking a step in the wrong direction and I really do wish we would not frack. In the Oakland Press, they suggest that fracking needs in to be highly regulated, or not be an optino at all. They say that fracking can lead to “skin rashes, respiratory infections, and tumors.” Obvious fracking is an extremely serious issue and it is really sad that some people have to deal with these extremely negative consequences directly.
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