Study Finds High Arsenic Levels Near Fracking Sites
In the groundwater in Texas
A recently published study by researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington found elevated levels of arsenic and other heavy metals in groundwater near natural gas fracking sites in Texas' Barnett Shale.
While the findings are far from conclusive, the study provides further evidence tying fracking to arsenic contamination. An internal Environmental Protection Agency PowerPoint presentation recently obtained by the Los Angeles Times warned that wells near Dimock, Pa., showed elevated levels of arsenic in the groundwater. The EPA also found arsenic in groundwater near fracking sites in Pavillion, Wyo., in 2009 2014 a study the agency later abandoned.
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Does anyone know what the levels were before fracking? Are there any controls to the experiment or is this claim being stated in isolation?