7. Fracking results in flammable drinking water.
Gasland, a 2010 documentary, showed a homeowner whose water was contaminated with methane. So far, such incidents are the exception but there are still many more questions than answers about how exactly fracking will affect our water supply.
8. Fracking probably won’t cause earthquakes (at least not big ones).
A recent study found the frackingposed little threat of earthquake activity. The study explains that seismic disturbances caused by hydraulic fracturing are minimal. So small, in fact, that they would only be detectable by the sensitive instruments used by geoscientists.
