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In Fracking's Wake
New Rules are Needed to Protect Our Health and Environment from Contaminated Wastewater

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Natural gas development has exploded, fueled by advances in an extraction technique known as hydraulic fracturing or fracking. Unfortunately, federal and state safeguards to protect people and the environment from the hazards of fracking have not kept pace.

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