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Showing Original Post only (View all)Breaking: Ohio Residents Blockade Fracking Wastewater Injection Well Site [View all]
Ohio residents are blocking access to an injection well in Trumbull County this morning, protesting the failure of Ohio regulators to adequately test and monitor the dumping of toxic fracking wastewater in the state.
Trumbull County residents, along with supporters from Frack Free Mahoning and Ohio Fracktion, are gathered at the well site on Sodom Hutchings Road in Vienna Township, to express concerns about the contents of the 1,000 gallons of fracking wastewater that spilled along five miles of road in Fowler Township, a nearby residential area, on July 7.
They are demanding that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) begin testing out-of-state frack wastewater that is being injected into more than 170 wells throughout Ohio. One protester has locked himself to the gate to prevent trucks carrying fracking wastewater from entering the site.
According to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) spokesperson Mike Settles, emergency responders conducted only a simple pH test of the fracking wastewater that spilled along the roads of Fowler Township. As far as further testing for radiation, heavy metals and other chemicals that could be present in the spilled fracking wastewater, Settles explained that the OEPA doesnt have the resources to perform testing unless there is a legitimate concern of environmental damage. However, thick, rust colored residue was still visible on the road one week after the spill.
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Trumbull County residents, along with supporters from Frack Free Mahoning and Ohio Fracktion, are gathered at the well site on Sodom Hutchings Road in Vienna Township, to express concerns about the contents of the 1,000 gallons of fracking wastewater that spilled along five miles of road in Fowler Township, a nearby residential area, on July 7.
They are demanding that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) begin testing out-of-state frack wastewater that is being injected into more than 170 wells throughout Ohio. One protester has locked himself to the gate to prevent trucks carrying fracking wastewater from entering the site.
According to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) spokesperson Mike Settles, emergency responders conducted only a simple pH test of the fracking wastewater that spilled along the roads of Fowler Township. As far as further testing for radiation, heavy metals and other chemicals that could be present in the spilled fracking wastewater, Settles explained that the OEPA doesnt have the resources to perform testing unless there is a legitimate concern of environmental damage. However, thick, rust colored residue was still visible on the road one week after the spill.
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Breaking: Ohio Residents Blockade Fracking Wastewater Injection Well Site [View all]
limpyhobbler
Jul 2012
OP
Bravo! Everyone should do this before our ground water is all polluted!
Fire Walk With Me
Jul 2012
#5
More power to them. Corbett's sold the whole fucking state of PA to the frackers.
HopeHoops
Jul 2012
#7
Not a big cost considering the return. Industry makes that back in about 5 minutes here in PA.
harun
Jul 2012
#21