Things like this is why anyone with any common sense should be 100% against fracking! (AS) Fracking Wastewater Spill Kills Rare Fish in KY, Puts Entire Species at Risk By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council, Aug. 29, 2013 Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently published a peer-reviewed journal article that discusses the results of the investigation into a 2007 #fracking wastewater spill in Kentucky. Fracking wastewater that was being stored in open air pits (a practice that can lead to toxic spills) overflowed into Kentucky’s Acorn Fork Creek and left an orange-red substance, contaminating the creek with hydrochloric acid, dissolved minerals and metals, and other contaminants. Prior to this pollution, the creek was so clean that it was designated an Outstanding State Resource Water. The Creek provides excellent habitat for the Blackside dace, a small colorful minnow protected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) because it is a threatened species. The impact was especially devastating for the local population of Blackside dace, a small, colorful minnow species that is found only in the Cumberland River basin of Kentucky and Tennessee and the Powell River basin of Virginia and listed as a federally-threatened species since 1987. More >> bit.ly/195mpPO, onforb.es/185gM2Z
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:35:48 +0000
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