Fighting back against the green campaign to demonise fracking. Former federal minister Peter Reith, chairman of Victoria's Gas Task Force: "There's nothing wrong with fracking - the Americans are doing it all over the place," Mr Reith said. There is a lot of evidence to suggest there is no proven case of fracking contaminating the water. Fracking is not the issue - the issue is whether or not we're going to lose jobs... In Britain: Public Health England (PHE) said in a review that any health impacts were likely to be minimal from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which involves the pumping of water and chemicals into dense shale formations deep undergroundâ¦. "The currently available evidence indicates that the potential risks to public health from exposure to emissions associated with the shale gas extraction process are low if operations are properly run and regulated," said John Harrison, director of PHE's center for radiation, chemical and environmental hazards. Reith on yesterday's Bolt Report had a whack at the most successful green propaganda film on fracking: