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>> you can just smell all the chemicals in the water. >> reporter: chemicals from fracing, a process companies use to access the oil and gas. it requires chemicals and millions of gallons of water shot into the earth to crack the rock. >> there are communities that are going to be inundated with petrochemicals and fracing fluids as well. >> reporter: this environmentalist wanted to show us the damaged facilities. frac free colorado took us on an aerial tour. the state has about 51,000 oil and gas wells all across the state. some 20,000 of those are in this area. it didn't take us long to find ...
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