Mixed signals in new fracking study

Controversy: new study likely to fan the flames over fracking

A new study of water wells in the Marcellus Shale of north-eastern Pennsylvania has found no evidence that hydraulic fracturing has led to contamination in the area but refutes industry claims that migration into aquifers of the process' toxic byproducts is impossible.

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