Demo: Fluids From Marcellus Shale Likely Seeping Into PA Drinking Water
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A drilling site in South Montrose, Pa. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
New research has concluded that salty, mineral-rich fluids deep beneath Pennsylvania's natural gas fields are likely seeping upward thousands of feet into drinking water supplies.
Though the fluids were natural and not the byproduct of drilling or hydraulic fracturing, the finding further stokes the...