Landmark Federal Study: No Indication Fracking Contaminates Drinking Water

[Rockntractor]

Jul. 19, 2013 8:45pm Erica Ritz


PITTSBURGH (TheBlaze/AP) — A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, frequently referred to as fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western Pennsylvania drilling site, the Department of Energy told The Associated Press.

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[Artois]

The only thing landmark about that study which I read was that it was the first time a drilling company has willingly let researchers partake in studying the effects they're having on the water quality.