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Who woulda thought pumping chemicals into the ground might impact ground water?
Scientists Find Groundwater in Wyoming Impacted by Fracking
Scientists Find Groundwater in Wyoming Impacted by Fracking
Scientists have found that fracking has had a "clear impact" to drinking water in Pavillion, Wyoming, according to a study published this week in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. In a report that Stanford researchers were calling a "wake-up call," they determined that natural gas extraction activities in the town, which included injecting chemicals such as benzene and xylene into the earth, had influenced the quality of the ground water.