The idea that fracking waste might be stored in surface landfills is truly scary. It is risky enough that this waste is stored in deep injection wells and, because of federal laws about interstate commerce, Ohio is unable to reject this waste, but to even think about storing it above ground is just plain insanity.
And let's qualify your correction about fracking wastewater being used on roads as a deicer. There is at least one company that I know of that claims to be able to clean up this toxic waste so that it can be used for road deicing. This raises several important questions:
• Has their deicing product been independently tested for toxicity?
• If fracking fluid can be cleaned up, why do we need to store it in deep injection wells?
• Why can't fracking fluid be reused?
• Why not focus the technology on how to detoxify the fracking waste, rather than how to easily and cheaply store it?
Patricia Volk, Broadview Heights