I took a couple of things away from this article:

The chemicals really aren't as scary as the anti-fracking crowd would have us believe. And while I don't want to drink many of the chemicals found under my sink that really isn't what they're saying.

The study, published Wednesday in the journal Analytical Chemistry, found that chemicals in the fracking fluid samples also were found in everyday products such as toothpaste, detergent, ice cream and laxatives.
The point of that is most of the chemicals found in the concentrations used in fracking aren't quite as bad as many want you to believe.

The other thing is, to the leftists, this really isn't about the truth:

Cliff Willmeng, of the anti-fracking activist group East Boulder County United, declined to comment on the study itself, saying instead that "we're missing the point," with studies such as CU's diverting the conversation away from whether communities should ban fracking.


"This is a question of community rights versus corporate power," he said. "We don't need a study to conclude that democratic power comes from the people."


Willmeng added that Durango emergency room nurse Cathy Behr in 2008 went into organ failure after treating a worker who was exposed to fracking fluid, showing that it's dangerous.
No, Cliff, we're not missing the point. You're arguments aren't about fracking...your arguments are about leftist control and a hate towards anything "corporate". Ignorant tools like this guy make me laugh. Imagine the IQ level of the average leftist his arguments are directed towards. One would have to possess zero critical thinking skills in order not to see right through this argument. That's not to say there might not be better arguments against fracking...but this isn't one of 'em.

And his "proof" that fracking is dangerous from the nurse anecdote is laughable. A worker was exposed to fracking fluid, goes to hospital, gets treated and then a nurse allegedly gets sick from it. Is it contagious? That's just hilarious.