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Pennsylvania lawsuit says drilling polluted water

October 25, 2010
By Jon Hurdle
AVELLA, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:37am EST - Water tests at three locations by gas wells on Zimmermann's property -- one is 1,500 feet from his home -- found seven potentially carcinogenic chemicals above "screening levels" set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as warranting further investigation. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5A80PP20091109
 

Gas drilling near Argyle schools making kids ill, residents tell board

October 25, 2010

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Argyle_Drilling_1024.1bd9f97c2.html
Parents voice health concerns

12:18 AM CDT on Sunday, October 24, 2010

By Lowell Brown and Britney Tabor / Staff Writers

ARGYLE — Kelly Gant once worked for an oil refinery in Port Arthur — an area nicknamed “Explosion Coast” and “Cancer Alley.”

When she left the job, the company was in the midst of a $200 million government-mandated soil cleanup project, she said. S...


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Beware of new drilling methods

October 1, 2010
Published: Fri, September 24, 2010 @ 12:00 a.m.

Beware of new drilling methods

Natural-gas drilling opera- tors have been aggressively pursuing landowners in northeastern Ohio, as well as the rest of the state, to quickly get them to sign leases to drill using well fracturing technology, also known as “fracking” or “fracing.” The oil and gas industry is quick to assure landowners that this is a safe drilling method that has little impact on the environment. This same industry has ...


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Do gas wells pose health risk?

August 31, 2010

Expert says more research needed

Dr. Volz, speaking to a seminar audience of about 300 at Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health in Oakland on Friday, said emissions of a variety of hazardous air and water contaminants from well wastewater ponds -- including benzene, toluene and xylene -- is clearly a cause for public health concern, especially as the number of deep wells multiply in the coming years.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10240/1083398-454.stm#ixzz0yEAhqpqQ

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Seagull Development Corporation drills well near Mayfield Middle School

August 28, 2010

He said even though the school objected to having a gas well on the property due to safety concerns for the children, there was not much they could do since Seagull has fulfilled ODNR’s obligations.

The drilling took place before school began for the children, but the fracking is still going on.

 

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