04/26/2017 11:47 AM EDT
Three years of fracking has not contaminated groundwater in northwestern West Virginia, but accidental spills of wastewater from fracked wells may pose a threat to surface water, according to a study led by scientists at Duke University. The scientists used a broad suite of geochemical and isotopic tracers to sample for contaminants in 112 water wells near shale gas sites, including 20 wells that were sampled both before and after fracking began. Source Duke University
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
West Virginia groundwater not affected by fracking, but surface water is
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