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Fracking can cause water pollution: EPA

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 12, 2011 | 4:15 pm Top Companies Europe 

Environmentalists and academics alike welcomed the latest report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which confirms a link between hydraulic fracturing for natural gas —or fracking— to groundwater contamination. In the process of hydrolic fracturing, chemically treated water is forced...

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