Did you know that forty-thousand gallons of chemicals are used for each fracking site all around the United States? There are over six hundred different chemicals used in fracking. The chemicals include kerosene, benzene, toluene, hydrochloric acid, methanol, and many others. Fracking is a process that injects liquids at high pressure into the ground to extract oil or gas. Fracking is done all around the world and in numerous locations in the United States. One place in the United States is Michigan. The fracking process is harmful and dangerous to citizens. Fracking needs to be banned in the United States. One reason why fracking needs to banned is that it produces large numbers of earthquakes. A study done by the USGS team displayed that between the years 1973 and 2008, there was an average of 21 earthquakes with at least a magnitude of 3 per year. After fracking started, the statistics escalated. The team found that between the years 2009 and 2013, there was an average of 91 earthquakes with a…show more content… When people are around the fracking sites they are exposed to many gases. These gases can lead to asthma, headaches, high blood pressure, anemia, heart attacks, and cancer. Fracking gases can also affect health problems for babies that are not born yet. A study done by the Colorado Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, in 2014, found that mothers who live near fracking areas are 30% more likely to have babies with congenital heart defects (....). Another gas that is found in people’s homes is radon. Radon is a colorless, odorless, gas that is radioactive. A study at Johns Hopkins University found that homes located near fracking sites have an overall 39% higher concentration than non-fracking locations (.....). Radon gas can affect people’s health by causing lung cancer. Fracking needs to be stopped because there are too many health risks that come along with
