“Hey kid, want a smog?” “No thanks, I quit in January. That stuff is bad for your lungs.”
1948 DONORA SMOG:
In Donora, Pennsylvania during the last week of October 1948, a combination of fog and smoke blanketed the town and trapped air. Days passed. Air pollutants increased and the smog got worse, causing a decrease in visibility…. (more…)
Gasland 2 is the sequel to an American documentary that focuses on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and what happens to regular people because of the gas industries we support everyday. If you drive a car, heat your home, own a cellphone OR eat food that doesn’t come from your backyard WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY.
Do you know there are places in America that don’t have any clean water because of fracking?
Kids who can’t swim or play in ponds near their home because of the chemicals irresponsibly released into their water supply?
Dimock, Pennsylvania’s water is flammable because of improper disposal of waste water from drilling. There is gasoline and methane in their drinking water!
Flaming hoses… in Texas, too!
Fracking in the neighborhood doesn’t just manifest itself in water. Chemicals blowing in the wind can cause health problems (more…)