To maximize benefits while minimizing complications, the use of casts and splints is generally limited to the short term. Excessive immobilization from continuous use of a cast or splint can lead to chronic pain, joint stiffness, muscle atrophy, or more severe complications (e.g., complex regional pain syndrome).
Energy Department: Fracking doesnât contaminate groundwater. In this March 29, 2013 photo, technicians inside a trailer direct the pressure and mix of water and chemicals pumped into an Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. well during hydraulic fracturing, outside Rifle, in western Colorado.
Contemporary Examples. 1  fracking, in this regard, is no different from gypsum mining, or some kinds of industrial agriculture. 2  That can happen, according to the report, when (flammable) methane leaks out of fracking wells and into drinking water. New Yorkâs Conservative Fracking Ban Jay Michaelson December 20, 2014 This is, more or less, the position of political conservatives, who have come down firmly on the side of the fracking industry.