Dozens of Valley residents hear Texans' views on fracking

YOUNGSTOWN

About 100 people attended Frackfree Mahoning Valley’s town-hall meeting Friday night to watch three videos related to hydraulic fracturing and hear a presentation by Ray Beiersdorfer, a Youngstown State University a geology professor.

The videos, shown at First Unitarian Universalist Church on Elm Street, included one by The Weather Channel, Inside Climate News and The Center For Public Integrity that told the stories of some of the people living in the huge Eagle Ford Shale play in Texas.

Residents talked about the medical issues they have experienced and the concerns they have for their health since hydraulically fractured wells were drilled there starting several years ago.

Another video presented opinions on why industry and regulatory officials have repeatedly claimed that hydraulic fracturing has never been shown to cause groundwater contamination.

Read more about the presentation in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.