A lightweight splint used for immobilizing fractured or injured extremities. It is usually an inflatable cylinder, open at both ends, that becomes rigid when inflated, thus preventing the part confined in the cylinder from moving. Synonym: blow-up splint; inflatable splint.
In fact, a growing body of data indicates that fracking is an environmental and public health disaster in the making. However, the true toll of fracking does not end there. Frackingâs negative impacts on our environment and health come with heavy âdollars and centsâ costs as well.
fracking, in this regard, is no different from gypsum mining, or some kinds of industrial agriculture. New Yorkâs Conservative Fracking Ban Jay Michaelson December 20, 2014 That can happen, according to the report, when (flammable) methane leaks out of fracking wells and into drinking water.