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Our Drinking Water at Risk

What EPA and the Oil and Gas Industry Don't Want Us to Know About Hydraulic Fracturing. (Full Report)

Lisa Sumi, 4/7/2005

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Our Drinking Water at RiskOur Drinking Water at Risk: What EPA and the Oil and Gas Industry Don't Want You to Know About Oil and Gas Fracturing criticizes a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency study which determined that hydraulic fracturing does not pose a threat to drinking water.

Our Drinking Water at Risk reveals that study to be inadequate.

An executive summary of the report is available, or you can access the full report below.

 

 

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