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Fracking Wastewater Spill Kills Rare Fish in KY, Puts Entire Species at Risk

2013-08-30 17:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently published a peer-reviewed journal article that discusses the results of the investigation into a 2007 fracking wastewater spill in Kentucky. Fracking wastewater that was being stored in open air pits (a practice that can lead to toxic spills) overflowed into Kentucky`s Acorn Fork Creek and left an orange-red substance, contaminating the creek with hydrochloric acid, dissolved minerals and metals, and...

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