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Food & Water Watch > Press Releases > If Fracking is Too Dangerous for Nationwide Insurance, It’s Too Dangerous for Us All
July 12th, 2012

If Fracking is Too Dangerous for Nationwide Insurance, It’s Too Dangerous for Us All

Statement from Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter

Washington, D.C. – “When a company with the scope of Nationwide Insurance determines that property with fracking is too risky and too dangerous to insure, political leaders considering the practice would be wise to take heed. What countless families, farmers and small business owners across the nation have already figured out — that fracking just can’t be done safely — national corporations with a stake in our land are now realizing as well. Nationwide isn’t willing to risk its bottom line over fracking, and our elected leaders shouldn’t be willing to risk the health and safety of those they serve.”

Contact: Seth Gladstone – 718.943.8063; [email protected]

Food & Water Watch works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainable. So we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of where their food comes from, keep clean, affordable, public tap water flowing freely to our homes, protect the environmental quality of oceans, force government to do its job protecting citizens, and educate about the importance of keeping shared resources under public control.

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