EPA Finds Drilling Chemical in Drinking Water

For the first time, EPA scientists have found potentially dangerous chemicals in drinking water near a natural gas drilling site in Wyoming.

The findings raise new questions about hydrofracking -- a drilling technique where water and chemicals are injected into rock formations to release natural gas.

The agency says it found chemicals that could cause cancer, kidney failure, anemia, and other medical problems in water from 11 of 39 wells tested around the Pavillion, Wyo. The tests were...

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