Comments on: The Dangers of Fracking for Natural Gas https://theexaminingroom.com/2012/05/the-dangers-of-fracking-for-natural-gas/ A physician's commentary on current issues in medicine, clinical research, health and wellness. Thu, 03 Sep 2020 14:20:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: laetitia https://theexaminingroom.com/2012/05/the-dangers-of-fracking-for-natural-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-2045 Wed, 23 May 2012 18:57:51 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=1261#comment-2045 hello ,
i’ve been seeing a video about fracking for gas on a news tv show this evening .
I heard about the risk and decided to learn more , so I search on the net and found your letter .

Then , i thought of another problem that could happen : I may be wrong , but , is there any risk of earthquake by splitting up the rock in depth ? Perhaps it’s not dangerous for a state , but for 34 states it could weaken all the ground and the consequences could be crumblings ?

May be it’s a stupid idea – i hope so – but how could I verify it ?
thank you for paying attention , respectfully , laetitia.

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By: Greg P https://theexaminingroom.com/2012/05/the-dangers-of-fracking-for-natural-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-2040 Thu, 17 May 2012 23:35:07 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=1261#comment-2040 I think there are more unknowns than knowns about this, which to me means we need to care, we need more information, but we don’t need fear. Fear is unhelpful.

We live in a time of carefully created documentaries, opinion pieces, news networks with bias, good and bad information on the internet, so we must question everything, even a documentary such as this.

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By: Chrys https://theexaminingroom.com/2012/05/the-dangers-of-fracking-for-natural-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-2037 Thu, 10 May 2012 12:27:47 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=1261#comment-2037 We are trying to fight it here. People just do not get what it means. I believe these companies prey on areas and towns that are depressed economically (which is practically everywhere these days). The locals only see the immediate monetary gain, temporary jobs-perhaps, an ease for the immediate future with all their bills, groceries, utilities, and taxes. They think what little they get will help them.

Instead they will be left with contamination, ruined properties and illness. While the companies that come in will be long gone, and untouched by what they leave these innocents behind to deal with.

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By: Peggy Polaneczky https://theexaminingroom.com/2012/05/the-dangers-of-fracking-for-natural-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-2033 Tue, 08 May 2012 02:01:02 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=1261#comment-2033 Thank you for helping to bring attention to this issue. I’ve been writing about it for awhile now, have seen Gasland, and even got the film into the hands of NJ head of DEP, though not sure it had the impact there that I’d hoped it would.

As physicians, I believe we have a special responsibility to make the public aware of the potential risks to their health of fracking chemicals, before it’s too late.

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By: drcharles https://theexaminingroom.com/2012/05/the-dangers-of-fracking-for-natural-gas/comment-page-1/#comment-2031 Mon, 07 May 2012 04:02:44 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=1261#comment-2031 Photo credit:
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/920856

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