Fracking EPA Article

     This article is definitely an eye opener. It is crazy to think that these studies show that there are so many pollutants going into drinking water because of fracking. The sad part is, I did not even know what fracking was until I read this article. I believe that Gary Snyder and Richard Kahn would both agree that this article is another true example of how much bioregional knowledge I am lacking. However, this article definitely made me sit there and want to find out where my drinking water is coming from, what are the chances there are pollutants in it, and I even want to test my drinking water for pullutants myself. It is just so frightening to think that I could be drinking chemicals that are bad for me every single day without even realizing that I am!

     One of the quotes in this article that astounded me was “After a phone call with EPA chief Lisa Jackson this morning, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., told a Senate panel that he found the agency's report on the Pavillion-area contamination "offensive."” How in the world can you sit there and say that a study to make sure the drinking water of the inhabitants of your state is offensive? That just drove me crazy when I read it. I think Snyder and Kahn would be appalled as well. It would also be one thing if this was just an innocent bystander who claimed this was offensive. However, it is a senator! That just makes the government look extremely terrible in my eyes, relating to this environmental topic.

     Truly, this article made me think about bioregional knowledge more than anything we have talked about in class. This article hit me harder because it is so recent, and so eye opening. It honestly made me think about my drinking water more than I ever have. It also made me think about how our senator would react if this was being done in North Carolina.