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ProPublica: New study predicts frack fluids can migrate to aquifers within years

 

by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica, May 1, 2012, 4:29 p.m.

A new study has raised fresh concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, concluding that fracking chemicals injected into the ground could migrate toward drinking water supplies far more quickly than experts have previously predicted.