Saturday, July 27, 2013

Internal EPA report highlights disputes over fracking and well water

An EPA staff report suggests methane from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, contaminated wells near Dimock, Pa., but the agency says the water's safe to drink.



WASHINGTON — One year ago, the Environmental Protection Agency finished testing drinking water in Dimock, Pa., after years of complaints by residents who suspected that nearby natural gas production had fouled their wells. The EPA said that for nearly all the 64 homes whose wells it sampled, the water was safe to drink.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/bZuv9qBxHTY/la-na-epa-dimock-20130728,0,39029.story

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