Episode 52: Fracking & Health with Elizabeth Royte - a podcast by Heritage Radio Network

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Katy Keiffers guest on todays Straight, No Chaser is Elizabeth Royte. Elizabeth is the author of Bottlemania: How Water Went On Sale and Why We Bought It; Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash; and The Tapirs Morning Bath: Solving the Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest. Her writing on science and the environment has appeared in Harpers, National Geographic, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and other national publications. Elizabeth is on the show talking about the negative effects of hydrofracking on livestock in drilling areas. Hear Elizabeth share a devastating story about a cattle ranchers losses in North Dakota. How have farmers been silenced on the issue? Why is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce backing fracking? Find out on this weeks Straight, No Chaser. This program has been brought to you by The International Culinary Center. There are so many unknowns- theres industry secrecy and theres a lack of funding for these long-term, peer-reviewed studies to show the fate and transport of these chemicals. [19:00] -- Elizabeth Royte on Straight, No Chaser

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