Fracking and Food

Abrahm Lustgarten is a reporter with Pro Publica, where he is currently writing about hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," a technique used to get natural gas from the ground. A mix of water, sand and chemicals is injected 8,000 feet into the ground where it ruptures the earth causing mini-earth quakes and releasing natural gas. In areas where franking occurs, the most common result is contaminated water.

Barry Estabrook has also written about how fracking affects our food supply.

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