Fracking Hell: The Untold Story

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An original investigative report by Earth Focus and UK's Ecologist Film Unit looks at the risks of natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale. From toxic chemicals in drinking water to unregulated interstate dumping of potentially radioactive waste that experts fear can contaminate water supplies in major population centers including New York City, are the health consequences worth the economic gains?
Marcellus Shale contains enough natural gas to supply all US gas needs for 14 years. But as gas drilling takes place, using a process called hydraulic fracturing or "fracking," toxic chemicals and methane gas seep into drinking water. Now experts fear that unacceptable levels of radioactive Radium 226 in gas development waste.
Fracking chemicals are linked to bone, liver and breast cancers, gastrointestinal, circulatory, respiratory, developmental as well as brain and nervous system disorders. Such chemicals are present in frack waste and may find their way into drinking water and air.
Waste from Pennsylvania gas wells -- waste that may also contain unacceptable levels of radium -- is routinely dumped across state lines into landfills in New York, Ohio and West Virginia. New York does not require testing waste for radioactivity prior to dumping or treatment. So drill cuttings from Pennsylvania have been dumped in New York's Chemung and other counties and liquid waste is shipped to treatment plants in Auburn and Watertown New York. How radioactive is this waste? Experts are calling are for testing to find out.
New York State may have been the first state in the nation to put a temporary hold on fracking pending a safety review, but it allows other states to dump toxic frack waste within its boundaries.
With a gas production boom underway in the Marcellus Shale and plans for some 400,000 wells in the coming decades, the cumulative impact of dumping potential lethal waste without adequate oversight is a catastrophe waiting to happen. And now U.S. companies are exporting fracking to Europe.

[@bilalaldabagh]

The guys from fracking industry can not understand that clean water is much more valuable than oil & gas.

[@Charlee-w1u]

Never thought it was so bad .Eye opener.

[@cosmicbuddhi8029]

A peer reviewed study by scientists published on 3oth October 2014 revealed dangerously high levels of cancer causing chemicals like formaldehyde in the air surrounding fracking sites in 5 states in the US! It's called 'Air concentrations of volatile compounds near oil and gas production: a community-based exploratory study'.

[@user-dn9vd9xg9p]

We Never NEVER had earthquakes in our southeast state until fracking started.

[@FishnChips136]

That's BS . Every State has had earthquakes long before we showed up and fracing doesn't cause earthquakes. What a load!!

[@bodryn]

I saw a video of and by a former rancher in Colorado who, as a result of nearby fracking, could no longer use his water for his cattle or horses. His wife subsequently died of cancer and he said he'd had a liver transplant and had moved to another part of the country. Maybe this information can be covered up for awhile, but not forever.

[@EdmundWilliams777]

The thinning of Egg shells of birds was a primary concern in the Book called "The Silent Spring". But there were 5 different Government agencies that studied the link, but couldn't find one between Egg shell thickness and DDT usage. But they did find about 3 dozen things that could and did contribute to thinner egg shells, and none of them were ever tied to DDT usage.

[@CS-uc2oh]

Fracking has also been responsible for the increase in earthquakes as well.

[@kentpaulhamus2158]

If you want to imagine, then throw in global warming!

[@krystalharvey9895]

Wow. This is very sad. And we need water for everything including "life" and we're destroying it all. Pretty soon were gonna be paying 10$ for a bottle of water.

[@PeterPeter-fo8df]

Why are you buying water in plastic bottles?

[@lilcroy103]

@@PeterPeter-fo8df because you can't drink the tap water. Where else are you going to get water from?

[@FishnChips136]

@@lilcroy103 I think you missed the irony of plastic bottles.

[@valeryediamond7249]

@@FishnChips136I did too 😅 until I read your comment.

[@FishnChips136]

@@valeryediamond7249 It's been so long since this video came out that I had to watch it over again. It is so full of disinformation and outright lies that it's almost criminal. Fracing is not a new process, the first well fraced in the US was in 1847 and used dynamite as the fracing medium. They also completely omit the actual method used when drilling and completing a well. Never did they explain how the casing is cemented to isolate the producing level of the well from the actual water bearing formation. These levels are typically several thousand vertical feet apart and are separated by several different layers of " rock" , etc. Some of these levels are impervious to fluid migration, which is what has kept oil and gas bearing zones from combining with water sands over the millennia. It's a shame that people aren't educated well enough to recognize what BULLSHIT is actually being spewed in this video. Educate yourself instead of listening to this kind of crap.

[@TheMeanGreenGoblin]

I moved from my hometown six years ago but continue to go back about once a month. Since then the town has had a MAJOR oil boom. Fracking is everywhere. Today when I drive in there is a steady haze covering the ground at sunset. My wife and I both get headaches. This was our home. Where we both grew up. Today it's a toxic shell of its former self.

[@frigoff445]

What town was it?

[@eviscero]

fracking happens thousands of feet below the water table. The only way it goes wrong is when driller makes a mistake. They should pay for their mistake but it's not actually fracking that's the problem.

[@fooobarrr4697]

Love the irony in buddy lighting his smoke off of the water that is supposedly killing him.

[@laverdadesmejor]

His cancel-of-choice is "lung"

[@GodsWheat]

It's kinda weird those ladies talk how dirty the water is but don't show the actual oil base or any evidence

[@sybo59]

The flammable water thing is common in some areas and long predates fracking. These people are very dishonest and rarely offer evidence.

[@ceecee8757]

@@laverdadesmejor cancer of choice?

[@AdriaanVerburg]

@@sybo59 when you drill a well for water, there are never any guarantees for what comes out.

[@krizzee22]

Can't the people who's water is now contaminated sue the company, I know its hard to go up against a big company but if hundreds or thousands did this, they would have to sit up and take notice

[@yannikin]

Money doesn't cure everything. Plus it costs a lot of time, money, and effort

[@Xodoll21]

unifying people has been lost to history..... try and get people together for the better good? i.e MLK i.e Kennedy ........ you will be shut down

[@GenHornhead]

The Sautners in Dimock, PA sued. Problem was they were phonies and their water was found to be fine by the EPA.

[@liljontoaster7831]

Wes O'Hara wrong,cabot oil and gas bought the property and destoyed the home and sold the rest of property to a neihbor because the property is worth nothing else now!get your facts straight liar!all online,type in sauntners dimock pa. online which anyone can do except you i guess

[@GenHornhead]

I saw the Sautners on camera blowing up at the EPA for telling them test results showed their water was fine. They refused to let their water be tested afterward and actually called the police to prevent a man from obtaining a sample. This is documented in FrackNation. Give it a look if you care about the other side.

[@EdmundWilliams777]

There were intense studies run by at least 5 different federal agencies looking into the toxic side effects of DDT on animals, and found none, even after exposing animals to over 1000 times the amount they would encounter in the environment back in the 1960's and 1970's. They even looked into the thinning of egg shells of birds and found no link, but they did find about 3 dozen different things that contribute to thinner egg shells, and none of them had anything to do with DDT.

[@Eliza_Stew]

The above comment is false. That’s why they have zero resources.

[@lynoxberry1507]

It's a crying shame that this documentary will never air on mainsteam tv. It should be shown every hour on every channel on the planet (while we still HAVE a planet!).

[@nikolasstanley3865]

a trick : watch movies on Kaldrostream. Me and my gf have been using them for watching loads of movies these days.

[@amirdariel1303]

@Nikolas Stanley Yea, have been using Kaldrostream for months myself =)

[@travisskyler3912]

@Nikolas Stanley Yup, have been watching on kaldroStream for since november myself =)

[@multiprickspresents4194]

Watching this as where I live in Lancashire, England, they are proposals for fracking, it is a beautiful landscape and very agriculturally productive, and if this fracking goes ahead it will threaten this, work in hospitality, we might get contractors for a short while but tourists might all go, so jobs gone too

[@HarryElmore-jl2pj]

sucking from our Earth makes a few very rich and they tell us that is good for AMERICA but it should be a crime to damage the earth which will be lived on for centuries after this damage has been done and money gone - DOES MONEY RULE EVEN COMMON SENSE - YOU ARE BEING SCREWED BY INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS WHO WILL TAKE THEIR MONEY AND LEAVE EVENTUALLY AND YOU GOT THE DEVASTATION FOR GOOD

[@cgungryfcdjs1352]

Dear earthlings. You use more energy than you have.

[@DayToday2]

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have environmental laws that are specified by Congress to protect human health and the environment. This paper uses the Halliburton Loophole as a case study, the counterarguments of politicians, and California regulation studies to show how our leaders - specifically Richard B. Cheney - changed concrete environmental laws to benefit the Halliburton Corporation during Cheney’s Vice Presidency. Background: The Halliburton Loophole was created to allow corporations to subvert laws that protect the environment. Since this loophole exempts fracking, fracking has effectively changed from an illegal to legal practice. The BLM no longer has authority to carry out its mission because our seven major environmental laws no longer apply to fracking, so the BLM cannot enforce these laws. The Halliburton Loophole has succeeded in subverting laws that made fracking illegal. The BLM is, in fact, upholding the law by authorizing fracking on public lands. BLM’s mission has been altered by the Halliburton Loophole. The Halliburton Loophole has neutralized the BLM’s power to regulate fracking. BLM may now protect the environment as long as these protections do not impinge on business practices.

[@jackiesicilian5720]

Good lord, it'll never stop until everything is destroyed...

[@icutoffmyleftwing7190]

Good lord the blm is everywhere

[@user-rv8wb1nl1b]

FRACKING HORRIFIC

[@Chrisj04r]

I was just in the training program for one of these companies as a Field Geologist. I am a Geography graduate and I was very skeptical of the techniques when I first accepted the job. After spending a week there, not only was the work atmosphere very "militaristic" but after learning about the whole process I just didn't agree. The trainers seemed to make an attempt brainwash all the trainees with how great the process was and falsifying the skeptics.

[@johnd4408]

You obviously did not work in around the Eastern Kentucky region. No water was ever used in the wells on my property and the wells are completely dry except for one that produces crude oil. My wells are completely sealed and the one with crude has a massive holding tank that gets emptied once a month. The wells on my property are sealed and linked directly to distribution lines all across the country. I witnessed the entire process at the well sites on my property and I never heard such as you say or seen any thing as described in this video.

[@reltub20001]

At around 6:30 into this a guy says none of the chemicals put into the wells are hazardous. I call bulls__t. If the chemicals are non hazardous, he should be okay with taking a bath in them and drinking them. I'll bet he wouldn't do it. Fracking is the leading cause of ground water contamination in the world. Yes I said world. Feed lots I believe are the next most unregulated if not the next most pollutant of ground water. I could be wrong though. The companies and individuals should be self regulating themselves or the government will have to. Years ago, and I mean quite a few years, the trucking company was self regulated. Then a few companies and individuals started cutting corners and got the whole industry in trouble. Once the government steps in to regulate, it will be there forever. So companies and individuals, start thinking about what you are doing before it is to late. It may already be to late. Grow up and be responsible for what you do. I read this today. It is something that I signed up for. It is a quote by Jim Rohn. It was sent to me by Thoughtful Mind. "You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of." So companies, take charge!!! Be responsible. After all, companies have individuals that make decisions. Decisions by individuals are punishable. When a company gets sued, individuals pay.

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

Some have paid with their lives.

[@afterthedrjay]

They are fracking to get gases. This is also what gets into the water.

[@wt1370]

reltub20001 - “You could be wrong” fact is YOU ARE WRONG. The leading cause of groundwater pollution is underground storage tanks and faulty septic tanks both of which are at or above water tables in most cases. Not one mile (5280 ft) Below the water table. The fracking industry polices itself very effectively both environmentally and in safety as well as by the EPA, DEP ( in PA), OSHA and other bureaucratic organizations.

[@LeileeBaker805]

🤨☣

[@oovalen]

In a boost for President François Hollande , the French Constitutional Court has upheld a law banning franking .

[@franchocou]

U mean macron

[@Qingeaton]

Nothing on this earth matters but corporate profits.

[@TheMchugh996]

Actually there are health and economic benefits to fracking.

[@elijahc3590]

TheMchugh996 Idk about health benefits, but anyways do these short term "health" and economic benefits outway the huge impacts these processes have on the environment and people's water

[@trentrector8557]

My understanding of natural resource based industries tells me politicians will be paid to do whatever the fracking industry wants. They want to produce as cheap as possible with no regards to long term consequences and sell at as high a price as possible . By the time the environmental effects are a costly problem the company responsible will have tranferred away all profits and bankrupted the production company so tax payers will deal with the long term devastating effects. It is so predictable.

[@tasteradio1060]

Qingeaton it's what makes us thrive as humans. Even with the risk of our own destruction

[@nathansiegle3408]

It's supply and demand so if you heat your home with natural gas then your also part of the problem

[@welshhrsgrl]

Money wins EVERY time no matter the costs!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MS-nm2kt]

welshhrsgrl it’s sad but true

[@WhiteBoyEst1994]

I love money

[@sybo59]

Fracking is incredible, and so is money.

[@Charlee-w1u]

@@WhiteBoyEst1994 Can't take it with you.

[@laurice8056]

I’m sorry that our politicians from both parties are willing to sacrifice the health of our people and the environment for the sake of the profits from fracking!😢

[@Therabbitmaze-v2j]

The main danger is that a certain party thinks it is harmless and wildly shouts for totally unregulated fracking , and the other will stop or wildly over regulate the absolute living crap out of it totally make it impossible. Some regulation is good and necessary but one side wants none at all and the other way too much.

[@TheBandit7613]

Hell is dying in the middle east over oil. Keep On Fracking!

[@Charlee-w1u]

Makes you think alright.

[@jgfunk]

I'm so glad this was an unbiased video and walks everybody through the pros and cons of fracking.

[@edelahaye]

FYI, I live in town (Paris - France), I sort my rubbish since the age of 16 (I'm 56) I don't smoke, I don't drink alcohol, I don't eat meat and as an at-home music teacher, I ride my bicycle in town and near suburbs of Paris (a real bike, not an electrical one ...), making an average of 140 km per week (about 86 miles). I'm not an activist, just a citizen concerned by his health and those of his children and relatives. Europe is also threatened by fracking.

[@robm5583]

Thank you for the insight and the courage to stand up I've been out in the oil field and I know you are right what about our children and the next generation I'm sick of this greed

[@theodoretaylor5693]

+Rob M im sorry I have worked in production and exploratory. There drinking well water to begin with. look at a blueprint for a gas well.

[@sybo59]

Fracking is a wonderful thing!

[@ericparrish1515]

Well water doesn't have to smell like sulfur

[@stan5250]

Ok, whom to believe? Some say fracking for gas/oil is the cheapest, cleanest and the most accessible way to get energy in the US, while others insist that fracking is very destructive, contaminating and thus leads to human health deterioration and many environmental problems along the way. So whom to believe? Some articles even say, that claystone itself should be extracted and used to get oil/gas products hinting that fracking is resourse wasteful as damaging claystone which is valuable itself. As for me, stuffing ground with chemicals - while fracking - seems not a very right thing to do, but maybe it is not that bad as it seems to me?

[@koaheart]

Putting any toxin or poison into the ground is bad, how the heck you gonna get it back out? Before the white man came to North America, the Indians said they could drink from any river or stream. Can you think of any you would drink from? Maybe drive across due to the pollution. When will enough be enough? After every living thing is dead? Preserving what we have should be a priority, not seeing how much more we can destroy! Pure water is our most precious resource, not greatest commodity. There is already a concern on how long it will last. Any ground pollution should be a red flag waving 1,000 feet high for all to see it!

[@The82mph]

Believe both! Yes its cheap but incredibly detrimental to the environment. Radiation and drinking water do not mix and will always end in disaster.

[@stan5250]

Ook

[@jeffwhite3021]

So fracking is contaminating lakes and rivers making the water undrinkable? And you said all this while typing on your computer (a complex piece of machinery made of plastics, minerals etc) all while wasting electricity playing on KZbin?

[@sarahconnor9747]

Jeff White Perhaps technology is a necessary evil....after all, how are people going to see what's happening in the world otherwise? I don't consider expanding my horizons 'playing on KZbin,' either. There are alternatives, and I am willing to sacrifice to better our beautiful planet....are you? peace

[@xPadge112x]

So the UK is looking at around 176 fracking licences. Focusing heavily in Lancaster and Yorkshire. At least half of the UK (literally 50%) Is prime Fracking areas. Is this a concern?

[@peterfaigl3397]

This is a good educational video. New South Wales, Australia, is grappling with this issue as well. The good thing is children can talk about this at school about the experiences from their own family properties, so it's not easily hidden away behind economic and political propaganda speals. To bring the facts home we need street stalls with samples of the soil and water that result from fracking. Inviting the public to have a drink of the water, wash their hands with it, smell it, or water their gardens with it would wake many up.

[@simflyr1957]

I live right next to a "brine" injection well with another 6 within 1½ mi. everyday I worry about long before my well water is destroyed. I live 2 miles from the PA state line and 10 mi from Lake Erie and ¾ of the trucks have PA plates because our EPA was paid for by fracking Companies. I'm in a squeeze play because 45 miles upwind is a nuke plant and another (which has had containment cracks) 120 mi to the west. NOW... The Cleveland Browns stadium carries the "First Energy" naming rights and who do you think pays that? This is October 30, 2019 and they want 2 BILLION to bail-out the nuke plants. Worse, I don't have a choice on my electricity except First Energy, so its not like I just don't buy their product as a protest FOLLOW THE MONEY!

[@sybo59]

simflyr1957 My understanding isn’t that well contamination is very rare. And nuclear is the cleanest scalable form of energy we have.

[@zwillx3953]

Fantastic overview. All you need to see to quickly understand the major and valid concerns surrounding fracking.

[@Carl_Jr]

Never take advice from a "scientist" who takes Geritol Tonic. 🤣

[@alitier3122]

Like SystemFreaKk13 said, we have other options. The sun is NEVER going to run out of heat. The wind is never going to die out. Our sea will always have tides. Why aren't we using these things with zero risk to humans compared to these poisons???

[@fochtandrew]

There is inherent risks with all sources of energy, renewable or not. The reason Hydraulic Fracturing has revolutionized the energy business in America is because it 1. Posses minimal environmental impacts (assuming regulations are followed, which operators are inclined to follow closely else paying a large penalty) 2. Creates jobs and encourages economic activity because of its' opened new sources for petroleum. 3. Is the most attractive source of mobile energy (you talk solar and wind, but are you aware of the amount of energy (and pollution) it takes to produce 1 wind turbine, its enormous. If it was better to produce energy from those sources then we would see more people doing it.) We have to remember that we pioneered this business (America), and operators are looking out for the best interest of everyone because that's how the capitalist society works.

[@HotLeadretired]

Go ahead and use them yourself, I'll use oil, thank you.

[@alitier3122]

"operators are looking out for the best interest of everyone because that's how the capitalist society works" unfortunately not :S capitalist society works on profit for the individual person and not for the benefit of the world.

[@alitier3122]

***** lol okay yeah valid point haha

[@ParadoxPerspective]

Let me give you a relatively accurate analogy as to the comparison between renewables and consumable energy sources. Would you rather have a cake now and be done with it, or an oreo every day for about a year? Some people prefer the oreo-a-day scenario, but the thing is that energy itself is cumulative. So, when you take 1 kilo calorie of energy out of the ground, you can use it to take about 6-14 kilo calories out of the ground-- provided that you do it right and have a bit of luck. The renewables do not have that same cumulative effect; in order for a wind-turbine to generate the energy it takes to construct a wind-turbine, or a solar-panel to construct a solar-panel, it would take a pretty darn long time-- especially in comparison to the immediate effect that consumable energies have so long as you've got them. The better way to do it is to set aside an optimal portion of your consumable energy yield and invest it into renewables as you go. I don't know what the ideal ratio is... but let's say it's 20%-- what this would ensure is that while consumables are cheap, we still benefit considerably from those, but as they get expensive... good thing we have been investing in renewables!

[@reltub20001]

Around 17:45 another guy says that the industry and the land owner has the responsibility to clean up???? The land owner sold the mineral rights to the industry. In my eyes, the industry need to clean up and be responsible.

[@villagelightsmith4375]

For all the panic-driven out there, this is "technology" that has been used since the 30's ... and before.

[@gregwillson7534]

villagelightsmith ... By “technology” do you mean Fracking itself.....?

[@ingridjolly6556]

Why is it so difficult for people to realize that without Earth there will be no life of any shape or form. If the Earth explodes because what will we have left? Who will be there to use that gas?

[@rosedegen9945]

: )

[@chrisnettleship9614]

Does anybody know the effects of fracking on unused/deserted colliery sites? I live in an area of England where 30 years ago there was a massive coal extraction industry with deep mining happening over a 100 square miles. This caused many cases of subsidence and properties were damaged, some even abandoned completely. Apparently many of the access areas underground and the coal faces weren't adequately filled in, leaving huge voids below ground. Should the fracking get underway (seismic testing is already in progress) I fear these areas will be disturbed and lead to possibilities of sink holes and far worse. Could anyone confirm that this is a possibility?

[@sonnyjs15]

They claim to dump all the waste back into the fracked voids. So pressure and subsidence-fine. But toxins and health defects-horrible

[@lizziesangi1602]

Excellent documentary. Share it all over

[@LHH5639]

There ain't gonna be no cleaning this mess up. Don't let it happen where you live.

[@zeenaabdura2971]

Too late.

[@sybo59]

Fracking is incredible though! Don’t buy into the scare-hype without evidence.

[@StephenGriffinsmartguy2000]

I'd like for them to show me what chemicals they say is in the water from fracking before rushing to judgment. We need proof site sources.

[@botasrojero4889]

I would go to work with my dad and we would dump all the toxic dirt From fracking into farms and those farms would get paid big money and didn’t care crazy 😂

[@tonyengland420]

So legal versions of drug byproduct dumping 😂

[@danuall5816]

Hang on, I thought the EPA was powerless to investigate due to the Cheeney/Halliburton loophole ?

[@estebanmorales6568]

One of the comments asks "how can this be legal?". The answer is because the government agencies that control, test and evaluate this process have not agreed that it is dangerous.

[@warriorgamefowl7760]

SO much misinformation being spread here.

[@closertothetruth9209]

gashole was better, here in tara qld and surrounding areas is the largest fracking mining in Australia, years ago when it first started the kids starting getting blood noses, later blood cancers started dramatically increasing in the community yet NOTHING TO SEE HERE and after that people started leaving the area, you can buy land absolutely dirt cheap in the area, the gas companies can come onto your land and drill gas wells and legally you cant stop them if you try youll be charged and fined, they give you $3000 au a year for the privalidge, each gas well pipes constantly vent large volumes of methane , brainless to me , it should be put to use. i worked in drilling my brother still does. where my freind lives in idaho he showed radon from his and so he moved to texas.

[@tatersalad6872]

fracking even at its absolute best is completely horrible to the surrounding enviroment. fracking should be completely banned everywhere!

[@Wings2Success]

It is banned in Ireland and it is heavily resisted in the rest of Europe.

[@jenniferbetz8830]

This video is from 9 years ago. Any updates on the repercussions listed in this video? Also, what happens to the rock layer (and everything above it) once the natural gas and petroleum is removed?

[@eviscero]

Nothing. The oil and gas are infused in spaces and pours between rock molecules. It is rare to find a cavern full of oil like some underground swimming pool.

[@vintagestereo]

one guy here say "There is regulations by state laws that prevent the "contamination" of domestic water sources. The guy with his "water" on fire is bs you'd the chemicals used to fracture the shale is not that flammable and would require way to high a concentration of it along side the breaking of the Law by the companies who use Hydraulic Fracturing to be allowed to" What he doesn't say is that the regulation lacks control and complaining isn't taking serious. The regulations are a big joke. Real stupidity from american politicians to give this bill a go....what where they thinking? in 30 years from now they will regret it but by then it's too late. It is a disaster 10 times bigger than fukushima

[@StrategicGathering]

The politicians are not going to regret frac'ing. It is in the interest of the United States to drill and use the most productive method available to reach energy independence and become the largest energy producer.

[@vintagestereo]

just investigate how cuba is dealing with the environment....they are so much cleaner, usa should take a lesson from poor cuba. its a example for the world

[@StrategicGathering]

vintage stereo In Cuba they drive 1950s cars and trucks.

[@vintagestereo]

is this everything you know from cuba? Just broaden your mind and see how much cuba do to protect the nature life. America is rich but when you compare usa coasts they are dirty and polluted.

[@StrategicGathering]

vintage stereo Not because of fracking.

[@AlexAlex-bd8zk]

pumped 400 ton of sand today and felt great, can't wait to do it tomorrow

[@williammcintyre1054]

Evil

[@goodshagi]

Chemicals are added to the water to facilitate the underground fracturing process that releases natural gas. Fracturing fluid is primarily water and approximately 0.5% chemical additives. Since millions of liters of water are used, this means that hundreds of thousands liters of chemicals are often injected into the subsurface. About 50% to 70% of the injected volume of contaminated water is recovered and stored in above-ground ponds.

[@foxrider2673]

I honestly think we're better off dead. Than to be living in this world , it's only going to get worst.

[@jamesseidel5924]

Your thoughts are your own. Do not say we unless you have multiple personalities. In other words, you should speak only for yourself.

[@chetgravatt9562]

Good bye, I'll stay a while longer thank you.

[@wt1370]

Great idea. Why don’t you take 900 people with you to Guyana first. Just kidding . Get some help dude

[@Bloocoast]

What happened to the electric car?

[@williemakit8931]

It's coming back... Thankfully.

[@williemakit8931]

Unfortunately humans don't look at long term damage in their endeavor for more energy supply. US uses more energy than it can produce. We as a country need to reduce our demand drastically

[@sherpaderpa1]

Where do you think electricity comes from?

[@secondact7151]

@@sherpaderpa1 "Fossil fuels are the largest sources of energy for electricity generation Natural gas was the largest source-about 38%-of U.S. electricity generation in 2019. Natural gas is used in steam turbines and gas turbines to generate electricity." But the answer is to switch to electricity via solar and future means. Each step of the way should be dominated by defining problems and then SOLVING them. Current practice is to sweep problems to maximize profit. Individually the way all of us can help is to simplify our lives and reduce our own personal use of both electricity, until truly clean, and petroleum products. If all people actually had a moral compass, not religion by the way, imagine what the world could be.

[@peterburton3095]

Every inventor who has ever produced clean natural powered devices such as the electric car by magnetism or the water powered car has been threatened to keep quiet or murdered. Over 101 doctors have been murdered for speaking out against vaccines and the false germ theory too.

[@rogerscottcathey]

Share this with State and National representatives and ask them what they're doing about it.

[@jenhamil5294]

WHERE IS ERIN BROKROVICH WHEN YOU NEED HER.

[@cyoung6165]

+Jen Hamil Absolutely! Has Erin ever been approached to launch a class action?

[@chrismartino3519]

+Jen Hamil Probably bought off somewhere living a coddled life.

[@ignorthepain]

Oil company has her locked up in the basement.

[@Wings2Success]

She is alive and well, continuing the fight to defend and protect people against industrially contaminated water. Check out her Facebook page.

[@chetgravatt9562]

What have you done to stop this?

[@sjtom57]

In the end this fracking nightmare will make Love Canal (look it up) resemble nothing but a leaky water pistol.

[@Dark_Embracer]

So fracking does carry risks with it.

[@homicidaldonkey]

4) what experts are you siting. 5)What is the scientific consensus on this subject. 6) There is no massive conspiracy. You just fail to make sensible claims and are irrationally spreading ideas that threaten an industry that is regulated and is continually being regulated as it should. Better regulations that lead to safer industry practice are making the industry safer and more efficient. 7) Don't fear science and its advances just because you don't understand science.

[@pauloliver1842]

do you want to rethink those statements ?

[@huertalapaz8359]

Invest in alternative energy to save the planet and human beings

[@BlissBlossumwithlove]

Your enemies are poisoning you from within and you are letting them.

[@tonyengland420]

Gov

[@mjwmontgomery]

Fracking is great! Provides gas ⛽ and 🛢. That's good stuff!

[@carolyndignam3592]

Solar power and wind turbines are a natural way of creating energy and they don’t create noise pollution, tear up the land, put ☠️ deadly toxic chemicals into the earth and water, or produce carbon which is eating our ozone away🤦🏻 Why do you think gas, coal and oil are so great? JOBS & MONEY a how will the jobs and money help us when there is no water or clean air to breathe? It’s so simple and yet some are just so dense to acknowledge it!

[@pabloescobar3331]

@@carolyndignam3592 solar and wind power will never provide anything more than a liberal tree huggers wet dream. These wells are producing oil/gas from over a mile and a half below the water table. Concrete surface casing is used well below the water table. This another example of the liberal media’s bias It’s all BS don’t believe anything you read or see on the internet, and only about half of what you see with your own eyes.

[@Brndndutton]

OMG this is insane!!

[@eviscero]

It's also propaganda

[@melvynrutterreedbeds]

Thing is, if any domestic water becomes contaminated here in the UK, the company responsible will pay for drinking water for those affected for life. This happened in Jersey airport. If we use gas, and we demand gas, and it is under our feet, then we should have it. But we should drive the regulations to prevent disasters. Mining coal was pretty bad for land, water and air pollution. At least with this gas we won't leave vast chasms waiting to collapse, destroying housing as a result

[@makorringa9751]

Fracking works and does less harm than other methods of gaining energy. Electric batteries in cars and other devices create a larger carbon footprint than fracking or gasoline engines. The only reason fracking is receiving bad PR is because of big name companies that are scared of this profitable safe method, so they're publishing false information about fracking to scare people and pit them against it.

[@lynneceegee8726]

WHat absolute codswallop! Did you watch this with your eyes shut and your ears covered? Did you not see the despoiling of the land, the poisoning of the water supply? You are totally deluded.

[@663rainmaker]

makorringa just like Stanley Myers...he developed a efficient way to operate his Water Powered VW buggy.. Hydrogen gas...but.. Water...how to clean up the Environmental mess caused by greedy corporate Oil.. Tom Ogle and his Oglemobile...but shhhhh...it doesn't work.... we in the pits know that running that engine Lean is Mean... but Fatten up those Corporations Portfolios.. including Al Gore obtaining both Elk Hills and Tea Pot Dome Naval Oil Reserve's...PurrrrFect for Poloticians.. Cheney...Gore..all of em... RepubliCats backed up by Big Oil!

[@Wings2Success]

Laugh out loud! Ever since Boone Pickens invented Fracking by blasting mega-power-washer-level streams of water and chemicals into fissures of mountains and hillsides to chase out the gas, the Oil and Gas boys WILL NOT let go of this way to increase yields [and PROFITS] by the 1000s (maybe 100s of 1000s) of percentage points and they spend millions upon millions of lobbyist $$$, maybe billions worldwide to maintain their hold, and damn the Environmental consequences to all living beings. GREED. Pure GREED. From a post below, Fracking is not a new energy idea all to cheaply create Gas and LNG --but it's time that greed-motivated invention hit the dump; it's so dangerous to our needs today! -----> Not a new technology. "Hydraulic fracturing began as an experiment in 1947, and the first commercially successful application followed in 1950. " -Wikipedia

[@Wings2Success]

hmmm funny strikeover effect, which all adds emphasis that Fracking started in the late 40's and it's so outdated now: Fracking is a BAD idea.

[@chetgravatt9562]

It is the large companies doing the fracking so what is your point, do you have any idea what you're talking about?

[@garydflatt4904]

You failed to mention that explosive portion of the fracking prosess happens far below the existing water table. Oops!

[@peterwilliamson8721]

Just get epa to rais3 the acceptable lev3ls of radiation like Obama did after fukashima when he also turned off the nuke detectors in the ocean that would have provided evidence as to the true severity of the disaster.

[@mudslynger2109]

Can you imagine being told that not only can you not drink the water in your home but that you CANNOT BATH in it?! The risks these industries take with peoples lives is disgusting.

[@unanimous300]

"Payoff of politicians."

[@Царьбббомба-о1о]

Well America, it's what you deserve for being so damned greedy.

[@trentrector8557]

Americans have no say. Our government is the most corrupt government on the planet. Corporations pay our politicians legalized bribes called campaign contributions and the industry literally regulates itself. The EPA is run by former energy sector employees who will ensure there are no environment protections and after a few years they will get an even better job in the energy sector. Our government is simply a bunch of cartels making a disaster of everything they touch all with short term gains in mind.

[@santhoshkumar-wq6kv]

Hi please confirm if Methane well construct what are problems & disadvantages for local people's.?

[@carl-cx9uh]

Love it when the truth comes out, bet youtube hides this?

[@sadokbarbouche9427]

they hide a lot of video in regards to stuff like this some of them have got tons of dislikes so youtube doesn't recommend it

[@themonopolyguy4365]

KZbin does what big oil pays them to do

[@teamroper2006]

keep up the fracking boys

[@oliveoil3917]

Shut up

[@EdmundWilliams777]

Some of the things that contributed to thinner egg shells of birds were higher ages of the birds, droughts, change in diet, predatory animals disturbing their nests, humans disturbing their nest, etc., ... just to name a few. But DDT showed to be no contribution to thinner egg shells in birds as was widely reported in popular media.

[@JD_79]

"I'm an expert on fracking because I watched an anti-fracking video on KZbin!" - LOL, this video is a joke.

[@Wings2Success]

Just Google for legions of articles and topic sites about the dangers of freaking fracking that back this up. Just because you base your reaction on 1 source you lost your credibility right there.

[@robluman7902]

This is absolutely hilarious. It's so full of misinformation and lies and paid actors. That's crazy that all these videos are always made in Pennsylvania. People really need to learn the truth about fracing not watching these videos full of lies and misleading information.

[@retrobluemusic]

Rob luman the truth is it’s the safest and most environmentally friendly way to get natural gas.

[@Arman-ic9cg]

@@retrobluemusic mai I ask you how it is the most friendly way to get gas? I've done some research and found mostly disturbing information from different sources, including studies from Uk, Netherlands, Netherlands and Russia. I see how some information in this vid is misleading, but I don't see how is fracking friendly at all.

[@carolvolpe]

How the city is going nowadays?

[@bradymckinley4732]

Frac it deep and leave it wet!

[@michealbeers777]

This would have been a good video if they aired both views, For and against. This video is 100% against Fracking. NOT credible.

[@kevinkeller1046]

Micheal Beers Hahaha come on. That's like saying this documentary only talked bad about AIDS, so it's not credible.

[@liljontoaster4649]

+Micheal Beers HTTPS://PENNSYLVANIAALLIANCEFORCLEANWATERANDAIR.WORDPRESS.COM/THE-LIST ,THIS IS A LIST OR PARTIAL LIST BECAUSE OF TRADE LAW SECRETS AND GAG ORDERS ON FAMILIES AND THEIR DOCTORS TO SILENCE THEM,CHEMICAL WARFARE ON OUR CITIZENS FOR GAS PROFITS,LOOK AT THIS LIST,SHARE IT AND TELL ALL THOSE TO SHARE AND MAKE AWARE BEFORE IT HAPPENS IN YOUR COMMUNITIES!

[@flowerpowerocks3283]

+Micheal Beers It did, about the numbered economic boost the US would experience, and this pompous notion of them being 'energy independent'- which is also limited. The only thing that wasn't mention fracking process is not long at all, however I find it amazing how much environmental damage can be done in that amount of time. There you go- pros noted, happy now?

[@Well_possibly]

+Micheal Beers ....So...you are saying that you WORK FOR the oil companies? Anyone with 10 minutes of time spent learning about fracking knows it makes people ill and drops their property value so drastically that they cannot move away fromt the chemical contaminants in their water and in the air.

[@supermanbatmanalexthegreat8895]

And the science is completely against fracking now, both for environmental AND climate reasons.

[@trents2573]

Here in Canada they use sand and water to frack no harmful chemicals

[@samchapelle7620]

+lee Miller Have you ever been to a Canadian oilfield? Wanna try again?

[@SeanWilliams90]

99% of all fracking fluid is just sand and water.

[@Happylifebyh]

Now you know the truth. Bite for someone who will get rid of fossil fuels someday rather than someone paid off by the industry

[@sortedtales]

I bet that the wear and tear to the roads from all of the trucking is costlier than the benefits to the communities in terms of spinnoffs and royalties.

[@protester6000000001]

The fact is that we have been fracing here for 40 + years. There's no sink holes, there is not an abnormal birth rate, our ground water is fine, we raise a hell of a lot of cattle and it taste great. Our economy sucks because the rigs have left this area, your economy is thriving and will for years to come, your State will profit, your community will profit ,WHATS WRONG WITH THAT ????

[@jessicabaughman6436]

Is there an update video on this ?

[@dianwilson4840]

..."ruin the value of your property, the health of your family"...is that all you care about? YOUR health and family? omg

[@user-dn9vd9xg9p]

How does fracking impact wildlife and crops?

[@amandaduckett5798]

What these people fail to realize or just neglect to say is that 100% of the chemicals used in fracking are found in your kitchen and food products already. And as for contaminated water, did they test the water before drilling began or only after? In most of the US the water table only extends to about 2000 feet. Standard practice for rigs both oil and gas is to drill and encase wells to 5000 feet before fracking at depths of kore than 5000 feet. So drinking water and the water table as a whole are minimally affected.

[@wedgemahalo640]

Pennsylvanians are basking in the economic wealth created by natural gas production, with energy companies expected to pay $225 million in natural gas production fees to the Keystone State this year. Taking advantage of vast natural gas deposits in the Marcellus Shale Formation and advances in hydraulic fracturing production technologies, Pennsylvania is experiencing a resurgence in energy production. Since 2012, when Pennsylvania enacted natural gas impact production fees, industry companies have paid more than $400 million in impact fees to state and local governments. By the end of the year, the total is expected to reach $630 million. The production fees are in addition to normal business taxes paid by natural gas producers.

[@SusanStoneSalas]

Thank you LINK TV!

[@rutherfordscottb]

The problem with every option is that if hydraulic fracturing was banned or didn't exist in the first place, heating bills would skyrocket, energy bills would become virtually impossible to afford, and gas prices would jump so high that people just wouldn't drive anymore. Every person in this video wouldn't be able to afford basic heating, gas for their equipment and cars on a farm, and their entire dreams wouldn't have existed in the first place. Rather than have a small house that they can survive through the harsh East Coast winters, they would have a dream to have that house that they could survive in. The farms that were "struggling to be profitable" would be shut down instantly, because equipment and basic necessities would become too expensive to afford, so why shut down their source of reasonably cheap energy?

[@Mike3LV6]

8 years ago. what happens today. nothing changes.

[@EdmundWilliams777]

The concern about DDT was published in the book called "The Silent Spring" which had claimed that DDT caused thinning of the bird's egg shells. Well the research turned out to prove no correlation between egg shell thickness and DDT use, but they did find out that there were about 3 dozen natural contributions to causing egg shell thickness.

[@okiedokie085]

The DDT exposure is going to bite us in the butt very quickly. It already has started. The government can't cover up all their mistakes. They are starting to expose, and they are scrambling for excuses and cover ups.

[@CJ-so6vl]

Fracking can be effective for everyone if done right. There is no need to ban it completely, but regulations on this process are necessary.

[@whaleshrimp111]

How can something so stupid and dangerous to our water supply ever get approval?

[@operationpravda6480]

Water pollution caused by fracking is a tiny portion of the thousands of oil and gas wells drilled each year in the US. It doesn't matter what eviromentalist do. America is going to be energy independant and the Government is going to make sure it happens.. The ideal is to sell oil and gas overseas. This will give the US more ability to influence global affairs when conducting our foriegn policy.

[@edelahaye]

Horizontal drilling is a 30 years old technique. Hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) was 'fixed' (we know how : with tons of dirty and dangerous chemicals) a few years ago.

[@braeburn2333]

The large royalty checks these farmers got dried up faster than the wells. Most of the fr_cked wells' output declines by 70% in the first year. Within 5 years its down by 95%. The farmers are left with a big toxic mess to clean up, a degraded property which has lost its value, and usually lots of debts taken on with the thought they would have the cash to pay, not knowing that cash would dry up in the first year. With Fr_cking, the landowners got screwed, the investors got screwed(almost none of the fr_cking companies have *ever* made a profit), the environment is screwed, and the public got screwed while a few company executives got rich living off investor funds.

[@EdmundWilliams777]

The disease was carried by insects like mosquitoes, and by eradication those insects, there were a huge number of lives saved during the time DDT was used.

[@danuall5816]

Yep and the Scientists are saying pumping water underground to extract gas and oil can cause earthquakes by weakening fault lines in the Earth’s crust.

[@justin-os4xp]

i believe typically when the water gets fucked is when the casing/cement is faulty and allows chemicals/hydrocarbons to seep into the water table. typically the frac zone is way below the water table. like 10,000 ft. im guessing so due to the surface casing being 2500'.

[@honedrazorblade]

How come nothing is said about the harmful effects of tobacco. There are some here who are smoking. Is that not harmful? Does that not contain harmful chemicals?

[@katmandoo375]

Every drilling should be declared Superfund sites. Stop the corruption from gas companies to politicians.