Stop the ill effects of fracking from reaching Illinois
Help keep this dangerous practice off our land and out of our water by asking your friends in Illinois to ask legislators to support the moratorium on fracking Fracking threatens the health of central and southern Illinoisans, and their water, land, air, livestock, wildlife, national forests and important industries such as tourism and farming. The health of the workers at the rig sites is threatened by the chemicals and silica used in the fracking process. Fracking threatens our rural roads with sustained heavy truck traffic, increasing greatly the costs for road repair on local communities.
Hydraulic fracturing will use many millions of gallons of our fresh water and create toxic chemical-laden waste water. In a drought-ridden state, it is immoral to consider this kind of trade with our most precious resource.
Regulations will not work for the uncontrollable process of fracking. Our state will need an army of regulators at the poorly funded IL Dept of Natural Resources to enforce any regulations, and without enforcement, regulations are worthless.
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