Recently, a Texas jury awarded $2.9 million in personal injury damages to a Wise County family that claimed gas extraction wells caused pollution, decreased value of their land and multiple health problems. What is Hydraulic Fracturing? Hydraulic fracturing, also known as hydrofracking or fracking, is the petroleum engineering process for…
As a Texas medical doctor and Fracking water contamination attorney, I want to pose this rhetorical question; What happens when the foxes are guarding the hen house? Consider that as you savor your morning coffee, which may be contaminated with benzene, from a contaminated water aquifer. Oil and gas industry…
As a Texas medical doctor and Dallas Hydraulic Fracking Attorney I am providing this information and commentary. The EPA is prohibited from regulating hydraulic fracturing under the Safe Drinking Water Act. On July 28, 2011, the EPA proposed federal regulations to reduce smog-forming pollutants released by the hydraulic fracturing approach…