http://watertestingblog.com/2010/09/22/chemicals-found-in-pa-well-water-fracking-to-blame/ "It's your water, your health.. and ultimately your LIFE!" Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:24:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 http://watertestingblog.com/2010/09/22/chemicals-found-in-pa-well-water-fracking-to-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-907 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:33:52 +0000 http://watertestingblog.com/?p=2408#comment-907 […] Chemicals Found in PA Well Water…. Fracking to Blame? | Water Quality: Testing, Filters for, a… CNN) — Water testing by a private environmental engineering firm has discovered toxic chemicals in wells in a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Victoria Switzer, a resident of the northeastern Pennsylvania township of Dimock, revealed the results of the water tests from her well this week at an Environmental Protection Agency hearing on hydraulic fracturing in Binghamton, New York. Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is a controversial process used to extract natural gas from deep underground. Critics say chemicals used in the process can be injected into groundwater. Farnham & Associates confirmed that ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and toluene were present in her water, Switzer said. … The tests, which were verified by three certified laboratories, found chemicals in the majority of samples taken from water wells in Dimock, said Daniel Farnham, president of Farnham & Associates, based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. […]

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