A US farmer stunned the audience of a Nebraskan Oil & Gas Conservation committee hearing when he called upon members of the board to drink water which he said had been contaminated by fracking.
James Osborne,who lives in the Midwestern state, brought with him a water bottle and cup containing fresh water as well as water he claimed had been contaminated affected.
A public hearing is currently being held on a proposal by an oil company to ship fracking wastewater from out of state into Nebraska.
It would be placed into a disposal well and could be as much as 10,000 barrels a day.
Watch the video below: