The EPA released preliminary results of a 60 home study in Dimrock, Pennsylvania over the contamination of the town's water supply, specifically homes who have leased out their land to Cabot Oil & Gas. Residents say the company's fracking has contaminated their drinking water with such things as methane, arsenic, and sodium, among other chemicals. The issue with this report from the EPA is that they have only so far tested 11 homes, a fraction of the total they plan to test. Activists wonder why the EPA is releasing such preliminary results at this time and if this is to suggest Cabot is not responsible for the contamination.
"The EPA completed only a fraction of the testing it plans to do in Dimock, but industry groups and mainstream media outlets quickly jumped on the preliminary announcement as if it were proof that fracking was not to blame for Dimock's water troubles. Reuters, for example, ran a headline declaring that "fracking did not pollute water near homes" even though the EPA has not released the actual test results or drawn any conclusions from a study that has yet to be completed..." continue reading here.
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