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Resolution Requesting a Statewide Ban on Extreme Hydraulic Fracturing,Acid Fracturing <br /> and any form of Well Stimulation or Resource Extraction in Florida <br /> WHEREAS, well stimulation such as hydraulic and acid fracturing(fracking and acidification) <br /> involve the use of chemicals and hazardous materials during construction,drilling, fracturing, <br /> gas production and delivery, well maintenance, and workover operations; and <br /> WHEREAS, fracturing of underground geologic formations is accomplished by injecting a <br /> complex mix of fluids and chemicals under very high pressure to create fractures in gas bearing <br /> geologic formations; and the water used is contaminated forever; and <br /> WHEREAS, each fracturing uses 30,000 up to 13 million gallons of water and each well and can <br /> be fractured over 13 times. http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015- <br /> 03/documents/fracfocus analysis_report and_appendices_fmal_032015_508_0.pdf <br /> WHEREAS, well stimulation permanently pollutes millions of gallons of water with the <br /> chemicals used in fracking and acidizing and with the radioactive materials and heavy metals in <br /> the flowback; and <br /> WHEREAS, many of the chemical constituents injected during fracturing have documented <br /> adverse health effects and/or adverse environmental impacts, for example, 60% of those <br /> chemicals can harm the brain and nervous system, 30%are suspected carcinogens, and 30%are <br /> developmental toxicants; and <br /> WHEREAS,there have been more than a 1,000 documented cases of water contamination near <br /> fracking sites; and <br /> WHEREAS, wastewater from fracking can contain radioactive elements and has been discharged <br /> into rivers that supply drinking water for millions; and <br /> WHEREAS, use of these well stimulation fracturing chemical mixtures expose adjacent land and <br /> surface waters to the risk of contamination through open pit storage, truck transport on roadways, <br /> and activities during well development; and <br /> WHEREAS,pollution of water caused by well stimulation and fracking threatens the long term <br /> economic wellbeing of communities,as businesses and consumers depend on clean drinking , <br /> water; and <br /> 151 <br />