Ohio has silently assumed a disturbing role as the region’s dumping ground for toxic fracking waste, and the implications could be catastrophic for future generations.
Today in Ohio podcast hosts discussed Monday how Ohio, unlike other states with fracking operations, has done little to limit the danger while passing laws that allow frackers to operate in complete secrecy. People cannot even find out what poisons are in the toxic fracking liquids pumped into the earth beneath our feet.
Stark numbers tell the story: Ohio currently operates 232 active Class 2 injection wells for fracking waste disposal, with 20 more under construction. By comparison, Pennsylvania—which has comparable fracking activity—has approved just 16 such wells, while West Virginia maintains 70…