Environmental concerns about hydraulic fracturing—aka "fracking," the process by which oil and gas are extracted from rock by injecting high-pressure mixtures of water and chemicals—are well documented, but according to a paper co-written by a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign environmental economics expert, the technique also poses a serious safety risk to local traffic.
Disposal of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing poses dangers to drivers
- PhysOrg
- 2. 3 2020 (18:32)