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Fracking pollution just went airborne
Posted by Grist: Madeleine Thomas on November 1st, 2014
Grist: From contaminated groundwater to polytechnic displays at the kitchen faucet, most of the major concerns around fracking have centered around how fracking fluids and methane could be polluting our water supply. But we`ve started to suspect that fracking impacts the air, too, and a new study published this week in the journal of Environmental Health adds one more piece of evidence to the pile.
David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at University at Albany, State...
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Frackers are dumping toxic waste into California’s groundwater
Posted by Grist: Madeleine Thomas on October 10th, 2014
Grist: California can officially add one more disaster to its rapidly growing list of water woes: The EPA just found that at least nine fracking sites throughout the state have been dumping billions of gallons of contaminated wastewater into its protected aquifers.
Not only do many of these aquifers supply drinking water to residents throughout the Central Valley, they`re also reaching dangerously low levels due to overuse, as many farmers rely on aquifers for irrigation and have been overpumping groundwater...