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The Gulf of
Mexico's waters are a rich, abundant ecosystem, filled with
some of the most iconic marine species, including
whales, dolphins, manatees, sharks, and turtles, as
well as corals and sea-faring birds like pelicans and
egrets. Many of these species are also endangered or
threatened, meaning they need our protection now. Yet the Gulf
of Mexico is also increasingly home to toxic hydraulic
fracturing ("fracking"), with upwards of 3,000 fracks
occurring in the past 10 years. Along with this oil and gas extraction has come
66.3 million gallons of fracking waste, which has all been
dumped straight into the Gulf waters, poisoning these animals'
important home.
Since 2010, instances of
fracking have increased in frequency — it is now an almost
daily fact of life. Despite this, researchers have been unable
to investigate the health implications of 75% of the chemicals
that fracking corportions use. Of the 25% of chemicals that
have been studied, many are directly linked to various types
of cancer, neurotoxicity, damage to reproductive
organs, and also death. But the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has so far refused to limit the amount of fracking
wastewater — in other words, toxins — that these corporations
may discharge into Gulf waters, where countless animals
live.
This is dangerous for us, it's
dangerous for the animals, and it's dangerous for our whole
Earth. Demand that the EPA ban fossil fuel corporations
from releasing fracking waste into any type of waterways, and
tell the governments of the U.S. and Mexico to ban all
hydraulic fracturing operations in the Gulf of
Mexico!
Thank you,
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Miranda
The Care2 Petitions Team
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P.S. Animals
and humans alike are being inundated with deadly chemicals by
fracking corporations, with no government checks. Sign the petition to end this now!
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