There are more than 650 hydrofracking products that contain known or possible human carcinogens. 50,000 Californians have already signed petitions to ban fracking in their state
["Numbers rule the universe," Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras said. For the month of May, 13.7 Billion Years will reprise the theme from September 2010, presenting a new number to think about each weekday.]
According to the April 2011 report "Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing, which was issued by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Minority Staff, out of 2,500 hydraulic fracturing products, "[m]ore than 650 of these products contained chemicals that are known or possible human carcinogens, regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, or listed as hazardous air pollutants."
"Across the United States, people are waking up to the threat fracking poses to our environment and health," said Josh Fox in a recent Food & Water Watch press release about the grassroots movement in California calling for a ban on fracking.
Fox's Emmy Award-winning documentary Gasland helped to raise public awareness on the dangers of hydrofracking. Around 50,000 Californians have signed petitions by Food & Water Watch and CREDO Action supporting the ban.
"Once you contaminate an aquifer, you can't go back—just ask the residents of Pavillion, Wyo., Dimock, Pa., or Garfield County, Colo. The evidence is indisputable that this destructive practice must be stopped."