Those of us who are living in areas in which there is a lot of gas drilling have NOT been able to find out what’s in the fracking fluid. Actually I think they use all kinds of chemicals and just won’t disclose the ingredients. That being said, here in Bradford County PA we have had several incidents of water being tainted BUT that was mostly due to the original drilling, not the fracking. They called it “gas migration” or something like that. I think Chesapeake has fixed the problem as there haven’t been anymore problems lately. That we know of, that is. We did have one very bad accident in LeRoy PA where the well head didn’t hold or had some type of problem and hundreds of thousands of gallons of fracking fluid was released into the local area and creek. So far the environmental damage has been little. At least as far as we know. I hate to keep saying this but these gas companies have a tendency NOT to release any info that makes them look bad. I have a well about a mile from my home. It has not been fracked yet because there isn’t a gas pipeline in this area but is in the process of being built. SO....we shall see how that goes. Right now we are in sort of a lull in gas drilling. They’ve picked up and moved to western PA and Ohio since wet gas in worth more than the dry gas. They are still drilling here but not at the pace it was a few months ago. I am happy not to have to fight the truck traffic! They will be back though!!!! I am all for gas drilling BUT I also want the gas companies to be honest. Is that too much to ask?
http://www.halliburton.com/public/projects/pubsdata/hydraulic_fracturing/fluids_disclosure.html
hhttp://fracfocus.org/chemical-use/what-chemicals-are-used
http://www.hydraulicfracturingdisclosure.org/fracfocusfind/
I found 324 wells in Bradford County, PA listed in the Fluid Disclosure registry (last link above). The chemicals are listed and their maximum concentrations used by well.
No, it isn't.