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Featuring Jessica Ernst
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Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” is a highly controversial process used by the oil and gas industry. Millions of gallons of highly pressurized water mixed with undisclosed toxic chemicals are pumped into the ground to create fractures in the rock, allowing for the release and extraction of petroleum, natural gas, and coalbed methane (CBM).
It is clear that: • Massive amounts of water are being used and contaminated (millions of gallons per frack) • Toxic wastes, including benzene, naphthalene, methane and others are remaining in the ground or end up in municipal wastewater • Toxins, including radioactive radon, are being drawn into aquifiers due to the fractures • People are getting sick in fracking areas, including the loss of smell and vital organ functioning, skin problems associated with household showers, and other physical symptoms • Fracking is very carbon intensive with high greenhouse gas emissions
Jessica Ernst is an environmental scientist, with 30 years of oil patch experience.
Co-sponsored by the Parkland Institute. For more information about fracking visit: http://www.canadians.org/fracking For more information about Jessica Ernst, visit: http://www.ernstversusencana.ca
