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Always active in environmental policies for the preservation of the planet, Vivienne Westwood declares war on fracking and, driving a tank, heads towards the Witney Constituency Home of David Cameron in’Oxfordshire. The fracking is the term used to define the controversial technique of hydraulic fracturing invented in the early Twentieth century to extract natural gas and oil from shale rocks (shale gas), that is those in the subsurface flaking more easily. The technique of hydraulic fracturing consists in perforating the ground to reach the rocks that contain deposits of natural gas and subsequently injecting a high pressure jet of water mixed with sand and other chemicals to result in the emergence surface of the gas.

Obviously, the impact on the environment is impressive because of the immense amount of water that should be used for the extraction of the gas causing considerable environmental waste, for the use of potentially chemicals harmful to human health that may contaminate aquifers groundwater present around the area of ​​extraction and for the possibility that there is a correlation between it and the occurrence of shock mild.

The British government has introduced 27 licenses of fracking in Northern England and the Midlands. Cameron himself has however assured that the area of ​​Witney Consituency ( hisheadquarters in Oxford County), will have licenses for drilling even if the territory in question is included in the rural area where the fracking allowed.

The foundation British CHEM reported well over 38 chemicals harmful that give off with drilling in atmosphere chemicals extremely harmful to the body such as benzene, naphthalene, methanol, ethylene glycol and formaldehyde.

High concern is the action of these substances produce the hormone control systems, negatively affecting reproduction, neurological development and metabolism. You can get up to serious fetal malformations, tumors, respiratory and skin diseases. The population and ‘solidarity in the fight against fracking, across the country are now more than 400 groups organized in protest.

Vivienne Westwood said: “The deliberate use and systematic by Cameron of harmful chemical agents against unarmed citizens, especially women and children, brought us to declare” war on fracking. “Politicians behave like criminals, is Time to change! Cameron wants to bring to surrender land owners and drill under their houses. ”

Friday, September 11, 2015 Vivienne Westwood, driving a tank, with activists of ‘The Nanas’ and their grandchildren, all equipped with gas masks, marched to the headquarters of Consituency. The Nanas Tina Rothery said: ‘The government uses chemical harmful practices that endanger future generations. He wants to overturn the decision which established the fracking illegal in Lancashire. Where is democracy? And ‘with great sadness and regret that we residents, mothers, grandmothers and children Lancashire we are faced with what can only be described as a dictatorship. In a true democracy, first of all we would be listened to and not dragged into the legal issues that we can never win with such powerful adversaries we crush and azzittiscono. We cry and we join in a common declaration of war on fracking because, if we do the right steps to protect ourselves, our government certainly will not. ”

At this site you could find out more about fracking while here you can see the entire BBC reportage of the movement of Vivienne Westwood.

God Save Madame Westwood. Let us be inspired by the inner power of this woman and make our voice heard in the battles for the planet we live.

Carolina