June 1, 2011
Enough is Enough Tell your state senator to protect your water today! |
What will drilling in state parks mean for you? It could be devastating for Ohio's drinking water. Fracking is a type of gas drilling that injects millions of gallons of fracking fluids – a mixture of up to 600 chemicals, water and sand – into a well to create pressure that cracks open rocks underground, allowing gas to escape and flow into wells.
The process could have disastrous consequences if any of these contaminants make their way into the water supply through leaks, spills or careless injection. Residents in neighboring Pennsylvania have already experienced the negative effects of fracking on the environment, public health and their own water – houses have even exploded in residential areas due to the pressurized gas! Despite all this, the Ohio state legislature is poised to give the oil and gas industry free rein to drill in our public lands.
Ohio's legislators must put our drinking water ahead of the oil and gas industry's millions of dollars.
Tell your legislators to keep our parks safe from drilling today!
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Thanks for taking action,
Alex Beauchamp
Midwest Region Director
Food & Water Watch
abeauchamp(at)fwwatch(dot)org
Food & Water Watch is a nonprofit consumer organization that works to ensure clean water and safe food. We challenge the corporate control and abuse of our food and water resources by empowering people to take action and by transforming the public consciousness about what we eat and drink.
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