A lightweight splint used for immobilizing fractured or injured extremities. It is usually an inflatable cylinder, open at both ends, that becomes rigid when inflated, thus preventing the part confined in the cylinder from moving. Synonym: blow-up splint; inflatable splint.
In fact, a growing body of data indicates that fracking is an environmental and public health disaster in the making. However, the true toll of fracking does not end there. Frackingâs negative impacts on our environment and health come with heavy âdollars and centsâ costs as well.
1. Water Pollution. Fracking poses a serious threat to fresh water stores where fracking takes place. To create fissures in rock formations, millions of gallons of water, sand, and a chemical cocktail (including formaldehyde, acetic acid, and boric acid to name a few) are put into wells at very high pressures.