'Fracking' is Good for Us?

The oil and gas companies will tell us 'frackin' is just fine for us, but actually the shocking part is that these companies wouldn't disclose what chemicals they were pumping into the ground.  Chemicals have been found in drinking water, but still the oil and companies deny it's from 'fracking.'  Sound familiar?  Seems the oil and gas companies have taken a page out the tobacco industry's playbook: deny, deny, obfuscate and then deny some more!  We can bet they will continue that until the government does something—fat chance as long as those republicans keep telling us we have too many regulations.  I wonder if they might regulate if it comes to health?  Probably not!

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