Fracking Affecting Food Safety

I first heard about fracking from my grandfather in the 1950’s He owned a stock in a company that was considering using the technique on land that they owned.  I just looked it up it was invented in 1947. For a technology that has been around so long you would think they would be better at fracking without damaging the environment.

On Facebook there was the picture of a dead cow. In story they told about three herds of cows in different states that had died due to fracking chemicals. My worry is the cows that did not die. They could end up on our dining room table.

The USDA checks beef for pathogens and antibiotics in meat. The FDA checks for pathogens and pesticides in our fruit and vegetables. I have never heard of either checking for fracking chemicals in our food.

With fracking causing earthquakes in parts of the country and causing a town in Louisiana a town sinking into the swamp with gas bubbling up, its obvious that the industry is playing with forces they can not control.

To me it makes sense to outlaw fracking over agricultural land. The Idea of trying to farm on land where they are fracking makes no sense. Besides endangering the public with contaminated food, the fracking endangers the health of the farm workers.