Study: Leaks, not fracking, taint water

Study: Leaks, not fracking, taint water

Problem preventable and it’s easy to fix, scientists say
This 2012 image provided by Stanford University, shows fracking operations at a wellpad overlying the Marcellus Formation in Pennsylvania. A new study says that fracking didn’t cause much-publicized cases of tainted water, blaming contamination on leaky natural gas wells instead.

Study: Leaks, not fracking, taint water

This 2012 image provided by Stanford University, shows fracking operations at a wellpad overlying the Marcellus Formation in Pennsylvania. A new study says that fracking didn’t cause much-publicized cases of tainted water, blaming contamination on leaky natural gas wells instead.