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15. Scientific Study Links Flammable Drinking Water to Fracking

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 03:53 PM

Sep 2014

Duke study no less.
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For the first time, a peer-reviewed scientific study has linked natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing with a pattern of drinking water contamination so severe that some faucets can be lit on fire.

Methane Contamination of Drinking Water Accompanying Gas-Well Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing

http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/methane-contamination-of-drinking-water-accompanying-gas-well-drilling

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