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Published on Jun 8, 2015
"Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, does not lead to widespread or systematic contamination of dr
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PROVIDED BY CNNNEXT.COM
Published on Jun 8, 2015
"Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, does not lead to widespread or systematic contamination of drinking water resources, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Thursday, although the agency acknowledged that its conclusion could have been affected by a lack of available data.
The EPA identified key areas of vulnerability in the fracking process for its draft report on the practice’s potential effects on drinking water resources.
But it said that, based on available data, fracking did not lead to systematic contamination.
“We did not find evidence that these mechanisms have led to widespread, systematic impacts on drinking water resources in the U.S.,” the report said, adding that the finding was based on the low number of contamination cases compared to number of wells."
