As the first official research is published that confirms water contamination by hydraulic fracturing, an alarming amount and array of hazardous chemicals and compounds - including arsenic, chloride, barium and radium - are found in Pennsylvania groundwater. _____________________________________ Researchers and scientists have pushed for the use of tracing fluids by the industry. These tracing fluids would be used to track fracking fluids and wastewater throughout a regions water system. But the industry has been unwilling to use tracing fluids. Such tracers would hold companies accountable to the environment, to landowners and to stakeholders, Lamers told Truthout.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:37:32 +0000
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