Stephan:   The most pernicious effect of Fracking is its potential to poison underground aquifers. In spite of that the corporations that control this desperate technology, fully supported by their governmental vassals, are doing everything in their power to sell their right to make obscene profits to an ignorant and gullible public. Here is a good assessment of what is going on, and I urge you to click through and look at the map that accompanies this story.