Anyone who has seen the news about coal seam gas in the Eastern States, or seen the Oscar-nominated US documentary Gasland will know just how damaging the gas fracking industry has been in other parts of the world.
But if you think gas fracking is not happening in WA, think again.
Gas fracking involves pumping a cocktail of highly carcinogenic and toxic chemicals deep underground at extreme pressure in order to fracture rocks and release natural gas. Where this has occurred in the Eastern States and the USA it has resulted in groundwater aquifers permanently contaminated with toxic chemicals and gasses.
The bad news is that the gas fracking industry is already active here with no enforceable controls to protect the environment or our groundwater.
Conservation Council of WA
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