Thursday, September 1, 2011

If the US Energy Depart tells us that FRACKING for natural gas is safe - why does Barnett Shale in Texas have the highest rates for invasive cancer?



According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (scroll way down), the counties with the highest rates of breast cancer in Texas are in Tarrant, Denton, Wise, Parker, Hood, and Johnson Counties. The counties with the most natural gas production are, Tarrant, Denton, Wise, Parker, Hood, and Johnson Counties. Coincidence?

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In order to release oil and gas from shale rock deep underground, giant machines must force large amounts of water, sand, chemicals, and radioactive elements deep into the earth's upper crust in order to crack the rock that potentially holds this valuable fuel. But in the process, the resultant radioactive chemical cocktail seeps into water tables, wells, rivers, and lakes, as well as the various drinking water supplies to which these sources are fed.

US Energy Department panel endorses shale fracking, suggests pumping ground with millions of gallons of chemical water will help save environment