The range of 60-70 decibels sound pressure level is about as loud as normal conversation in 1 meter distance.
Flammable, Radioactive Sinkholes. Lesser known in the mainstream media, however, is frackingâs link to massive sinkholes appearing overnight and leaking radiation across the nation.
Jackson is now analyzing methane samples in that way. Another way to link a leaky fracking well to a tainted water well is to show that the earth between them provides pathways for the gas to flow. Leaky wells have to be identified first, however. Anthony Ingraffea, a fracking expert at Cornell University, is combing through the inspection reports for most of the 41,311 gas wells drilled in Pennsylvania since January 2000.