The fracking safety assurances of avuncular Exxon/Mobil geologist Erik Oswald should make you wonder: If fracking is so safe, then why does the natural gas industry need a waiver from the U.S. Clean Water Act?
If Exxon/Mobil and the other large natural gas companies want to convince the public that fracking is safe, then they need to submit themselves to the scrutiny of environmental regulators like any other potentially dangerous industry.
