Why is toxic wastewater bubbling up from underneath this Ohio city?
On Point with Meghna ChakrabartiShow Notes
Highly toxic wastewater from America’s fracking boom is buried in deep underground wells. But in some places that toxic waste is bubbling upwards -- threatening local drinking water. How Marietta, Ohio is trying to fight fracking waste.
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