Outlaw "Hydraulic Fracking" in Georgia

Exploration wells to find natural gas are already in the ground in NW Georgia. Based on the experience of citizens in other states, the air, land & water pollution, the health issues, Georgia should ban all exploration that results in the creation of injection wells.

To obtain natural gas, large injection wells must be built that are forced through layers of soils, rock and possible aquifer layers. These then pump great quantities of water and unknown, unidentified chemicals through piping to force the gas to the surface.
At every stage of the drilling process fracking puts our air, land and and water at risk of contamination.
Fracturing rock releases hazardous gases from beneath our land, such as hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, and methane.
Quantities of these chemicals are known to serious cause blood disorders, negative neurological problems and reproductive challenges. Fracking uses up to seven million gallons of water per injection well and by using this resource for these wells decreases the amount of drinking water available for us. Chemicals used to blast through rock layers are highly toxic and are present in the waste water produced. Not only is this water forever polluted, cracks in the wells and piping used will allow the polluted water to leak into our ground and will contaminate the ground as well as our aquifers and stream beds.
The health, safety and welfare of our citizens is at risk; the welfare of our ecosystem is at risk.
We want to ban the exploration and use of natural gas in the state of Georgia so that our citizens continue to have clean and safe water, air and land.
We want to keep our state clean. We encourage the exploration and use of sustainable energy using clean energy sources such as wind and water movement and solar power.