Warning issued over fracking by Charlie Taylor, February 20, 2012, Irish Times
“Communities need to look at what they stand to lose rather than at what companies are promising,” she said. Ms Ernst highlighted her own experienced of being ‘fracked,’ saying that as a result of water pollution, she had been unable to take showers due to her skin burning. She now also has to trek over an hour away to access clean water.
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