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This post was written by Tour de Frack organizers<\/em><\/p>\n\n

After cycling over 400 miles, Tour de Frack arrived in the DC area in the final week of July to share personal first person accounts about living in the shalefields.  They departed Butler County, in western Pennsylvania, on July 14th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The riders passed through towns both small and large and held over a dozen events where they received overwhelming support for their message.  \u201cWe are seeing the results of toxic fracking first hand,\u201d said Jason Bell-one of the organizers of the tour \u201cand we want to share or experiences with others so that they can stand up and fight frack.\u201d  Rural communities across the country are being turned in to industrial zones and often the decisions are made before the residents are even aware of what is happening.  \u201cOne thing I hear time and time again from community members is that the industry just snuck in,\u201d continues Bell.  \u201cIf they had known they would have taken a stand but they didn\u2019t and they have unfortunately found out that once you frack you can\u2019t go back.\u201d <\/p>\n

Whether this is deliberate or not is unknown but Bell says that he\u2019s aware of at least one instance in Butler County when the industry held a meeting far from their where their activities were taking place.  \u201cThe frack well is being drilled in Jackson Township but the invitation-only meeting for those that signed was held in Lancaster Township.  To many it seems like they were trying to keep the public in the dark.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Bell has many examples of what can be described as industry underhandedness his main focus is the health and economic impacts of those impacted by drilling near their homes.  \u201cWe\u2019ve been collecting stories and many of the symptoms are the same.\u201d  Hair loss, rashes, and breathing problems are among the most common.  He is calling for a national health study to study the problems but he fears that it is too late for many people that he knows.  \u201cI want protections put in place now, not after the next study or the next election but today.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime he is working with local churches to provide drinking water to a dozen families in Connoquessing Township whose well water went bad after fracking started in their rural community but it is hard it find funding.  \u201cWe deliver 20-25 gallons a week to each home.\u201d  On-line donations can be made at http:\/\/protectingourwaters.wordpress.com<\/a> and a video about the community can be found here http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AcUyuFjx0IU&feature=player_embedded<\/a><\/p>\n

If you want more information about what is happening in Butler County sign up for Marcellus Outreach Butler\u2019s newsletter<\/a> and visit www.marcellusoutreachbutler.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post was written by Tour de Frack organizers<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

After cycling over 400 miles, Tour de Frack arrived in the DC area in the final week of July to share personal first person accounts about living in the shalefields.  They departed Butler County, in western Pennsylvania, on July 14th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The riders passed through towns both small and large and held over a dozen events where they received overwhelming support for their message.  \u201cWe are seeing the results of toxic fracking first hand,\u201d said Jason Bell-one of the organizers of the tour \u201cand we want to share or experiences with others so that they can stand up and fight frack.\u201d  Rural communities across the country are being turned in to industrial zones and often the decisions are made before the residents are even aware of what is happening.  \u201cOne thing I hear time and time again from community members is that the industry just snuck in,\u201d continues Bell.  \u201cIf they had known they would have taken a stand but they didn\u2019t and they have unfortunately found out that once you frack you can\u2019t go back.\u201d <\/p>\n

Whether this is deliberate or not is unknown but Bell says that he\u2019s aware of at least one instance in Butler County when the industry held a meeting far from their where their activities were taking place.  \u201cThe frack well is being drilled in Jackson Township but the invitation-only meeting for those that signed was held in Lancaster Township.  To many it seems like they were trying to keep the public in the dark.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Bell has many examples of what can be described as industry underhandedness his main focus is the health and economic impacts of those impacted by drilling near their homes.  \u201cWe\u2019ve been collecting stories and many of the symptoms are the same.\u201d  Hair loss, rashes, and breathing problems are among the most common.  He is calling for a national health study to study the problems but he fears that it is too late for many people that he knows.  \u201cI want protections put in place now, not after the next study or the next election but today.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime he is working with local churches to provide drinking water to a dozen families in Connoquessing Township whose well water went bad after fracking started in their rural community but it is hard it find funding.  \u201cWe deliver 20-25 gallons a week to each home.\u201d  On-line donations can be made at http:\/\/protectingourwaters.wordpress.com<\/a> and a video about the community can be found here http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AcUyuFjx0IU&feature=player_embedded<\/a><\/p>\n

If you want more information about what is happening in Butler County sign up for Marcellus Outreach Butler\u2019s newsletter<\/a> and visit www.marcellusoutreachbutler.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTour de Frack Completes 400 Mile Trek | \u56fd\u969b\u74b0\u5883NGO 350 Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/world.350.org\/ja\/tour-de-frack-completes-400-mile-trek\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ja_JP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tour 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