You have to listen to this: http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/104157
My favorite (sickest) part:
KAPPELL: How are you going to dispose of that water and how are you going to treat that water so you can properly dispose of it with out despoiling the water resources of New York State?
REPORTER: The US Department of Energy considers the waste water that is produced in gas drilling some of the most toxic of all industrial byproducts. Kappell is particularly concerned about the chemicals used – he doesn’t even know what they are.
KAPPELL: Nothing. They’re proprietary; they’re particular to the company. They don’t have to divulge it.
REPORTER: But in sworn testimony before congress last fall, environmental health analyst Dr. Theo Colburn – an opponent of drilling -- said she was able to obtain a list of one fracking formula to be used in Colorado drilling. She says there were 171 substances on the list, and that 92 percent had health effects ranging from sinus irritation to reproductive organ damage.
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