TO THE EDITOR:
Fracking pollutes groundwater. It is that simple. As a native of a coastal town I’ve spent all my summers at the beach or lake. Now as a student at UNC I enjoy kayaking and hiking around Jordan Lake. Water is a precious resource that must be protected. Gov. McCroy and the N.C. General Assembly continually push to allow fracking in our state. This would be disastrous. Would we passively stand by and watch toxic chemicals being dumped in our lakes and rivers that supply our drinking water for more than 2.4 million people? No, we would not. Fracking has the same result as it enables harmful pollutants to invade our water supply. It is a huge public health risk for us now and future generations to come. I urge my fellow North Carolinians across the state to stand with me and keep fracking out of our state.
Amelia Hulbert ’14
Environmental health sciences
