New EPA Results: Fracking Has Not Contaminated Water In Pennsylvania

By Steve Milloy —— Bio and Archives April 10, 2012

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing further evidence that hydraulic fracturing did not contaminate groundwater in a small Pennsylvania town where some residents believe natural gas drilling fouled their domestic wells.

Twenty more homes in Dimock were tested by EPA investigators, and the results upheld findings released earlier in March according to which the water posed no immediate health risk. Dimock has been on the front lines in a battle against hydraulic fracturing, a drilling technique during which thousands of gallons of water, sand and chemicals are blasted underground to fracture rock and extract natural gas trapped underground. The EPA’s findings are a blow to hydraulic fracturing opponents, who say the technique is hazardous to the environment and people. IBT