David Macaulay Veritas Legal Media - veritaslegalmedia@hotmail.com Hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking” is a controversial process in which natural gas is mined from the earth by pressurized fluids being blasted into rock. The practice is widespread in Texas.   Although the process has been around since the 1940s there has been an upsurge in fracking over the last few years as the demand for natural gas has risen.   The downside of fracking is that the chemicals inserted into the ground...