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No water contamination found in Ohio’s fracking epicenter

Methane in local groundwater comes from biological sources, not fossil fuel drilling

hydraulic fracturing

ALL'S WELL  During hydraulic fracturing, workers pump fracking fluid into natural gas wells. Groundwater samples collected around one Ohio county show no contamination from nearby fracking activities.

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By Thomas Sumner

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