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“In a couple of decades you have half of the wells that are drilled right now, and you're talking about numbers in the millions of wells drilled, leaking. That's a huge crisis in terms of water contamination. There's no way to fix that problem.”

Quote by Josh Fox

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Josh Fox is an American documentary filmmaker known for his focus on environmental issues. He gained widespread attention for his documentary 'Gasland,' which exposed the potential environmental hazards associated with natural gas extraction using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques. more

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