https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3 4th Period en-us 2021-03-29 14:36:53 UTC 2025-03-04 00:08:54 UTC hello@padlet.com gracebarber https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1365912880 Oil fracking can cause many issues such as polluting the air, infecting the water with dangerous chemicals, and possibly causing earthquakes, not to even mention the health risks that come with working at or living near fracking sites.]]> 2021-03-29 21:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1365912880 gracebarber https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1365915903 2021-03-29 21:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1365915903 penelopesweet https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1369797493 Oil fracking is a drilling technology that is used to extract oil, natural gas, geothermal energy, or water from deep underground. ]]> 2021-03-30 21:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1369797493 penelopesweet https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1369806958 1. "Hydraulic Fracturing." IPAA, www.ipaa.org/fracking/. Accessed 30 Mar. 2021.
2. Malin, Stephanie. “What Living near a Fracking Site Can Do to Your Mental Health.” Mic, Mic, 22 Oct. 2020, www.mic.com/p/living-near-a-fracking-site-is-a-potential-mental-health-disaster-39944114. ]]> 2021-03-30 21:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1369806958 penelopesweet https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1376860523 First, people will drill deep down into the Earth, where there are rocks. Then, water, sand, and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressures which allows the oil, gas, geothermal energy, or water to be released from the rock and to head to the top of the hole that has been created due to the drilling, aka the well. ]]> 2021-04-01 21:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1376860523 penelopesweet https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1378766450 Sometimes, the process of fracking can go wrong. When the oil wells are not built properly, they can leak and contaminate groundwater. This contaminated groundwater can get into streams and water supplies, which makes that water not safe to drink. Some of the chemicals in the contaminated water are cancer-causing, such as benzene and toluene. The federal government doesn't even require companies to disclose what is in the fracking fluid, so millions of gallons of toxic fluid can be left unidentified to everyone but the people running the fracking companies.]]> 2021-04-02 20:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1378766450 penelopesweet https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1378779130 The wells involved with fracking leak many kinds of gasses. One type of gas that is leaked in the process of oil fracking is methane, which is 105 times as powerful than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse pollutant. Fracking wells also leak VOCs (volatile organic compounds), which can cause asthma, cancer, and other severe illness.]]> 2021-04-02 20:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1378779130 ikesprague https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1378782099 Studies have found that people living/working near fracking sites have experienced respiratory problems. Other studies have shown that there are increases of endocrine disrupting chemicals which can affect pregnant women and raise the risks for birth defects, childhood cancer, and future mental disorders.]]> 2021-04-02 20:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1378782099 penelopesweet https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1378789348 During oil fracking, fluid is injected into pre-existing faults, which causes earthquakes up to a magnitude of about 5.7. Also, people dispose of fracking wastewater via underground injection, which causes even more earthquakes.]]> 2021-04-02 21:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/maliahee/5ccn03jzc55fwy3/wish/1378789348