Names: Rebecca Del Vecchio, Manuel (Francisco) Cifuentes, Matthew Damiani, Kayla Fontaine

Environmental Elements of Fracking

  1. Contamination of Water
  2. Soil Contamination
  3. Fluid taints watershed
  4. Methane pollution leads to climate change
  5. Air pollution
  6. Dewatering
  7. Toxic chemicals
  8. Accidental Spills
  9. Kills fish/wildlife
  10. Waste disposal
  11. Earthquakes
  12. “Slickwater”
  13. Forced Drought
  14. Radioactivity
  15. Inorganic Materials
  16. Non-Biodegradable
  17. Toxic Groundwater
  18. Removal of “Slickwater”
  19. Biomagnification
  20. Ecological Disruption