A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or 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.
After a year of monitoring, the researchers found that the chemical-laced fluids used to free gas trapped deep below the surface stayed thousands of feet below the shallower areas that supply drinking water, geologist Richard Hammack said.
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Department Of Energy Study Finds Fracking Does NOT Pollute Drinking Water
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From CBS News, "Study finds fracking chemicals didn't pollute water: AP" by The Associated Press:
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