The date says it all. The problem is, jokes don't get the environmental problems of introducing materials of unknown composition into the environment.
David McNeely ---- Michael Halpern <[email protected]> wrote: > http://blog.ucsusa.org/pennsylvania-high-school-to-host-bizarre-swim-meet-in-fracking-fluid/ > > In what one concerned parent is calling "outrageous," the Pennsylvania > Department of Environment is allowing two eastern Pennsylvania high schools > to stage a bizarre boys swim meet this coming Friday-in a swimming pool > filled with fracking fluid. > > The event is being held to demonstrate the safety of the fluid, a byproduct > of the oil and gas extraction method of hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known > as fracking. Some politicians have pulled similar scientifically questionable > stunts to reassure the public that fracking fluid is benign. Governor John > Hickenlooper (D-CO), for example, went so far as to drink a glass of the > fluid > <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/gov-john-hickenlooper-drank-fracking-fluid-hydraulic-fracturing_n_2674453.html> > in 2012. > <snip> > > -Michael > > Michael Halpern > Center for Science and Democracy > Union of Concerned Scientists > > Follow me on Twitter @MichaelUCS<https://twitter.com/michaelucs> > Read my most recent blog posts<blog.ucsusa.org/author/michael-halpern> > Call me at 202.331.5452 -- David McNeely
