Fracking: An Environmental Health Hazard

Fracking is a process that requires harmful chemicals to be injected deep underground into Marcellus and Utica shale formations, the pressure created by this process causes the shale formations to fracture and release natural gas.  The chemicals injected into the ground are in liquid form and commonly called “drilling fluid”, the composition of this fluid…

Marcellus Shale Fracking Waste Abstract

Marcellus Shale, the mineral rock hailed to be our savior from dependence on foreign countries for oil & gas might not exactly be the great solution we thought it was; for many reasons. The process that retrieves the shale gas is known as fracking. Fracking is when a hole is drilled into the ground to…

Fracking and Deadly Chemicals

A new form to obtain natural gases has been created. Cheaper and more efficient than ever, what could possibly go wrong? Fracking is the new form of natural gas obtaining and is widely spreading. A lot of people believe that there is nothing wrong with this and that it will help build a more rich…