To All,
Hi, So we know the copious amounts of methane being released, the carcinogenic chemicals that are being used and the enormous amounts of water being destroyed (that we need for agriculture) and now farcking waste is being shown to be radioactive and some is going to treatment plants that can’t take the radioactivity out or landfills. If your group hasn’t signed the letter yet, you need to revisit this.
Public comments to the California Dept. of Commerce are due now. Right now part of the regs prohibit doctors and public health officials saying anything to the public on health issues surrounding fracking and no monitoring will be done until AFTER the site has closed….years after the fact. Some states (Pennsylvania the first) are wanting to put tracers in the fracking fluids so they can monitor and find out how far they are traveling in the aquifers.
Janus
Here’s a sign-up link for fracking info:
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/index/Pages/MailingLists.aspx
Stephen
SCWC Fracking Comment Letter
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