Negative Aspects

• During the process of fracking, chemical-filled water is injected into the ground and leads to the contamination of drinking water. This has been suspected in such states as Arkansas, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

• Since fracking is exempt from laws, such as the Clean Water Act, the companies do not have to disclose what chemicals they pump into the ground in the process. This leads to extreme contamination of waterways and our drinking water. 

• Water contamination leads to illness.

• Human and animal health risks have been linked to fracking.

• Cancer rates are abnormally high in areas with fracking.

• Animals have lost hair and fallen ill from contamination.

• There are studies linking earthquakes to the high-pressurized injection of chemicals into the ground.

• A 5.7 earthquake in Oklahoma was linked to fracking activity.