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Hydraulic Fracturing

A narrated collection of images (PowerPoint) describing the technical details of the current process being used to obtain natural gas from large basins of shale rock. Both the potential for supplementing America's fuel Supply and the need to control environmental liabilities are presented.

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PREVENTING WHAT WE CANNOT CURE: Physicians for Social Responsibility is the medical and public health voice working to prevent the use or spread of nuclear weapons and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and the toxic degradation of the environment.