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Charleston Gazette: Report ties ‘fracking’ to W.Va. well contamination

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Fracking
Oil & Gas

Charleston Gazette, Ken Ward Jr.
Published August 3, 2011

Perhaps the most popular talking point for the oil and gas industry in West Virginia and across the country is that there have been no documented cases of contaminated drinking water linked to hydraulic fracturing.

A new report out today from the Environmental Working Group challenges that talking point — and points to a documented case of well-water contamination from West Virginia as its proof.

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