The California State Water Resources Board has confirmed that at least nine natural gas fracking sites illegally injected nearly three billion gallons of fracking fluids and other pollutants into central California aquifers used for drinking water and farm irrigation, according to correspondence obtained by the Center for Biological Diversity.
“Half of the water samples collected at the eight water supply wells tested near the injection sites have high levels of dangerous chemicals such as arsenic, a known carcinogen that can also weaken the human immune system, and thallium, a toxin used in rat poison,” writes DeSmog Blog’s Mike G. The state regulator confirmed the contamination after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shut down 11 injection wells and ordered a report within 60 days. (h/t to The Energy Mix subscriber Diane Beckett for pointing us to this story)
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