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Water regulators examine fracking waste
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Dec 4, 2013
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Water regulators examine fracking waste
The debate over fracking to extract oil and gas has focused largely on the chemicals injected underground, and their potential effect on public health.
A protestor holds a sign against fracking during a demonstration outside of the California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters on July 25, 2012 in Sacramento, California. Dozens of environmental activists staged a "Stop Fracking With California" demonstration outside the California EPA headquarters ahead of public workshop hosted by the Division of Oil Gas and Geothermal Resources where protestors are planning to voice their opposition to the rushed regulatory of fracking and the many threats to the environment imposed by the process of hydraulic fracking for oil and gas.
A protestor holds a sign against fracking during a demonstration outside of the California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters on July 25, 2012 in Sacramento, California.
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The debate over fracking to extract oil and gas has focused largely on the chemicals injected underground, and their potential effect on public health.

The debate over fracking to extract oil and gas has focused largely on the chemicals injected underground, and their potential effect on public health.
 
Now environmental groups are turning their attention to the waste produced by simply drilling a well in the first place. The California Report's Sasha Khokha reports water regulators in the Central Valley will consider the issue tomorrow