WHAT ’ S WRONG WITH FRACKING ? substantial l gas .
An anti-fracking protest in the UK ( Editorial Credit : Randi Sokoloff / Shutterstock . com )
Argument # 3 : Fracking contaminates ground and surface water . There has long been concerns that fracking may cause chemicals that are potentially carcinogenic to escape , contaminating the ground water near the fracking site . This concern was brought to a frenzy when a Colorado man lit the water coming from his kitchen faucet on fire in the 2010 documentary GasLand . While GasLand was nominated for an Academy Award , that particular scene was somewhat misrepresented . Whether unknowingly or intentionally , it was the flammable water that propelled many into the anti-fracking controversy .
What viewers didn ’ t see was that Colorado officials conducted a full investigation and concluded that the nearby fracking wells were not to blame . The flammable
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