Pennsylvania Report Left Out Poisons In Drinking Water Near Fracking Site

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8. Pittsburgh, Pa. – State representative Jesse White

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Just The Facts: “Outspoken Opponent” of Marcellus Shale Continues Misinformation Campaign
BY FEED: MARCELLUS SHALE COALITION IN GAS INDUSTRY
NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Pittsburgh, Pa. – State representative Jesse White – an “outspoken opponent” of safe, tightly-regulated, clean-burning American natural gas development – has doubled-down on his misguided public relations efforts. In his latest salvo, Mr. White claims that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) “developed a specialized computer-code system to manipulate the test results for residents whose water was tested by the DEP over concerns of adverse effects from gas drilling operations,” while also going as far to suggest that “someone belongs in a jail cell” potentially.

The only shred of manipulation here, of course, is from those opposed to job-creating American natural gas development – which has helped propel Washington County (Mr. White’s legislative district) to third in the nation in job growth – including a plaintiff’s attorney, who, like Mr. White, continues to lob unsubstantiated claims. The foundation of Mr. White’s fragmented argument is that DEP omitted certain water quality findings in its report to landowners who had brought legal challenges to a nearby natural gas producer.

What is missing from this flurry of allegations, though, is that the Association of Public Health Laboratories – an independent, non-profit organization that reviews public laboratories and makes recommendations to improve organizational structure and scientific practices – conducted a peer-reviewed analysis of DEP’s testing laboratory, determining the lab to be “well-managed, efficient and highly functional,” capable of meeting the varied needs of a statewide regulatory agency. Also not to be overlooked is that Mr. White has a pattern of rushing to judgment, taking a guilty-until-proven-innocent approach with the natural gas industry in this district.

Rhetoric aside, here are the facts: ...

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