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.
Update, June 5: The EPA released a draft of its study on frackingâs impacts on water on June 4. It found that fracking has not led to âwidespread, systemic impactsâ on drinking water, but there have in fact been âspecific instancesâ where fracking did impact drinking water resources, including drinking water wells. That refutes Inhofeâs claim that there have been no instances of contamination.