'Gasland."

In class we watched a documentary called "Gasland." Josh Fox, a filmmaker, travels around the Delaware property and interviews families after he was offered $100,000 for gas rights on his property. He interviewed people because he was curious about the effects of drilling and fracking. From interviewing families he was surprised by their responses. He was surprised because they said that fracking was bad because after they drilled, their drinking water was undrinkable. They also talked about the symptoms they had after they drank the water, which were feeling dizzy and having a severe headache. After drilling, the water even became flammable. Fox was so amazed by this that he recorded families putting a lighter to the sink water and flames would shoot out. The documentary also included interviews with the fracking business' and they tried to make it seem like fracking was a good thing. I was amazed by the film because I had no idea what fracking was and how dangerous it could be to the environment and to families in and around the communities.