“In the past four years, the number of peer-reviewed studies on shale drilling and fracking has gone from almost zero to more than four hundred, according to the Physicians Scientists & Engineers for Healthy Energy public database. That’s a lot of data, with topics including health impacts, air pollution, water contamination, seismic impacts (including earthquakes), wastewater, engineering issues, climate impacts, and economics.

Dimock, PA fracking site. Dimock’s well water was contaminated with dissolved methane. Details at http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/tag/dimock/

And the overwhelming consensus from this thorough, objective, independent and rigorous analysis is that fracking has serious dangers and the best course of action is to prohibit fracking.” ~ Larysa Dyrszka, MD and Mary Menapace, RN  … (read more)