Some fracked up health problems

You never really realize how often you use water until you think about it. The glass of water when you first wake up, for your coffee, to rinse your fork off, to shower, to brush your teeth, the water bottle you have with lunch, they all seem so unimportant. Now imagine knowing every time you were going to do one of those things your water was going to have methane and ethylbenzene and a bunch of other unpronouncable's. Even if you knew your water was dangerous would you still do it if you had no other way of getting water? Well, many have to because of fracking.

In the documentary several health concerns were talked about by the families that were interviewed. One big thing that was talked about was that most people who drink the water get headaches. These are not just the once in a while headache, a common effect is developing Chronic Migraine Syndrome. The basis for CMS is having 15 or more migraines per month that last 4 or more hours. Everyone gets headaches but half of your life being controlled by your migraines can really take a toll.

Another health issue experienced after drinking the water in the marcellus region is Neropathy. Neropathy is weakness, numbness, and pain from nerve damage, usually in the hands and feet. It causes a great deal of pain from tingling and numbness that typically occurs in your joints and appendages. It also causes weakness of muscles making you feel weak and not want to do physical activity.


A Human Ecological Risk evaluation was done and research found that 75% of the chemicals could affect the skin, eyes,and other sensory organs. Also at risk are the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. Approximately 40–50% could affect the brain/nervous system, immune and cardiovascular systems, and the kidneys; 37% could affect the endocrine system; and 25% could cause cancer and mutations.


Although there is not any one common illness caused by being around tracking stations there is a common factor that people who did not have these health problems before, got them after the drilling. Below is a list of over 7500 people who have reported health impacts since being around the drilling sights and drinking the water in their area after the earth has been tracked.

A list of the harmed.