Water in at least three U.S. states is polluted from FRACKING as hundreds of complaints are reported [View all]
Well-water contamination caused by controversial oil and gas drilling - known as fracking - has been confirmed in at least three U.S. states which have nurtured the nation's energy boom, according to a new review of industry data. New figures show that hundreds of complaints have been made about pollution in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Texas, casting doubt on industry suggestions that such problems rarely happen.
In Pennsylvania alone, at least 106 cases of water-well contamination have been confirmed in the last eight years.
The data, requested by the Associated Press, also highlight a lack of transparency and major differences in the way these problems are reported.
Some people who rely on well water near drilling operations have complained about pollution, but there's been considerable confusion over how widespread such problems are.
For example, starting in 2011, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection aggressively fought efforts by the AP and other news organisations to obtain information about complaints related to drilling.
The department has argued in court filings that it does not count how many contamination 'determination letters' it issues or track where they are kept in its files.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2534508/Water-three-U-S-states-Pennsylvania-Ohio-West-Virginia-polluted-FRACKING.html
Official government organizations are covering up crimes committed by corporations against the American people....
the corporate media(except AP) supports government stance that fracking is perfectly safe....
Is it woo to question whether fracking is good for our water supply?
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