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October 14, 2014

Komen Breast Cancer Charity Under Fire for Partnering with Fracking Firm 
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The breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure is facing
criticism for partnering with a company that makes drill bits for
fracking. For a second year in a row, the company Baker Hughes will
donate money to Komen and sell fracking drill bits painted pink for
breast cancer awareness. Fracking extracts oil and gas from shale rock
by blasting chemicals — including several linked to cancer —
deep into the ground, where they are at risk of leaching into water
supplies. Over the weekend, more than 200 groups around the world took
part in the third annual Global Frackdown to call for an end to
fracking.

 

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