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   >> Fracking has been linked to contaminated water in Alberta and   
   >> Pennsylvania and to hundreds of small earthquakes in Arkansas.   
   >> Documentaries such as Academy Award nominated Gasland and CBC’s   
   >> Burning Water show kitchen tap water bursting into flames. These   
   >> dangers have led Quebec, Nova Scotia and France to impose moratoriums   
   >> until further scientific study is completed. “We are committed to   
   >> making sure that it is done properly,” said Quebec Environment   
   >> Minister Pierre Arcand, “or it won’t be done at all.” The U.S.   
   >> Environmental Protection Agency is also looking into the impact   
   >> fracking can have on drinking water and groundwater. But in British   
   >> Columbia, companies with mineral-rights leases are rushing to extract   
   >> shale gas.   
      
      
      
   On 2/4/2014 12:11 PM, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > None of that says that it has been used in the oil sands, Karen. Sorry.   
   >   
   > Being able to understand facts doesn't make one sexist - just very stupid,   
   maybe.   
      
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