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Author Bamberger, Michelle.

Title The real cost of fracking : how America's shale-gas boom is threatening our families, pets, and food / Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald ; foreword by Sandra Steingraber.

Publication Info. Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2014]

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  363.1791 BAMBERGER    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  363.179 BAMBERGER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.179 BAMBERGER    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  622.1828 BAMBERGER    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  363.1791 BAM    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.17 B21    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  338.7622 BAMBERGER    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  363.1791 BAM    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  622.1828 BAMBERGER    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  363.1791 BA    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 230 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) and index.
Contents Families and their pets -- Sarah and Josie : violated families -- Samantha and Jesse : shattered dreams -- Ann and Andrew : reluctant refugees -- Fracking, farming, and our food supply -- Mary and Charlie : quarantined cattle -- Sharon and Wade : disrespect of farmers and farming -- Environmental justice -- Claire and Jason : forsaken community -- Epilogue : where do we go from here? -- Appendix : a primer on gas drilling.
Summary Presents a cautionary assessment of the consequences of hydraulic fracturing that documents numerous cases of drilling-site contamination linked to human and animal illnesses.
Across the country, fracking -- the extraction of natural gas by hydraulic fracturing -- is being touted as the nation's answer to energy independence and a fix for a flagging economy. Drilling companies assure us that the process is safe, politicians push through drilling legislation without a serious public-health debate, and those who speak out are marginalized, their silence purchased by gas companies and their warnings about the dangers of fracking stifled. The Real Cost of Fracking pulls back the curtain on how this toxic process endangers the environment and harms people, pets, and livestock. Michelle Bamberger, a veterinarian, and Robert Oswald, a pharmacologist, combine their expertise to show how contamination at drilling sites translates into ill health and heartbreak for families and their animals. By giving voice to the people at ground zero of the fracking debate, the authors illustrate the consequences of fracking and issue an urgent warning to all of us: fracking poses a dire threat to the air we breathe, the water we drink, and even our food supply. Bamberger and Oswald reveal the harrowing experiences of small farmers who have lost their animals, their livelihoods, and their peace of mind, and of rural families whose property values have plummeted as their towns have been invaded by drillers. At the same time, these stories give us hope, as people band together to help one another and courageously fight to reclaim their communities. The debate over fracking speaks to a core dilemma of contemporary life: we require energy to live with modern conveniences, but what degree of environmental degradation, health risks, and threats to our food supply are we willing to accept to obtain that energy?
Subject Hydraulic fracturing -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
Shale gas industry -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
Gas well drilling -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
Pets -- Effect of stress on.
Added Author Oswald, Robert, 1953-
ISBN 9780807084939 (hardcover : alk. paper)
080708493X (hardcover : alk. paper)
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