Explain one advantage and one disadvantage of fracking.

Fracking is a process which extracts natural gas efficiently, reducing our dependency on coal as an energy resource. However, the fluid used within the process is toxic and can contaminate air and water supplies, while also using a large quantity of water in the process.

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