Fracking Spills Rise In The Gulf

Hundreds of Offshore Fracking Wells Dump Billions of Gallons of Oil Waste Into Gulf

Andy Rowell, July 11, 2016 (Oil Change International via EcoWatch)

“…The Center for Biological Diversity has released federal documents that reveal that officials approved more than 1,200 offshore fracks in 630 different wells in the four years from 2010 to 2014 in the Gulf of Mexico…[They reveal that fracking occurred off the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with no public involvement and with no site-specific tests undertaken beforehand…[T]he industry was also allowed to dump a staggering 76 billion gallons of waste fluid into the sea in 2014 alone…[T]here has been growing concern about fracking chemicals contained within fracking wastewater…[A] UK report] identified specific examples of hazardous materials used in fracking…[More receny studies have shown a link between fracking chemicals and decreased sperm count and high levels of 16 endocrine disruptors]…” click here for more

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