Tests urged for people, animals near fracking
As science review calls for monitoring at gas fields, industry says it’s regulated enough.
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Study finds toxins, cancer-causing air pollution at oil, gas wells
At homes, farms near fracked sites, sample after sample reveal carcinogens, nerve toxins above federal health standards.
EPA Finds Compound Used in Fracking in Wyoming Aquifer
Reprinted with permission from ProPublica. Not for republication by Wyoming media.
As the country awaits results from a nationwide safety study on the natural gas drilling process of fracking, a separate government investigation into contamination in a place where residents …