No widespread danger to water from fracking: US agency

No widespread danger to water from fracking: US agency
Washington (AFP) June 4, 2015 - The controversial oil and gas extraction technique known as fracking poses no widespread danger to US drinking water, the US environmental agency said Thursday in a long-awaited assessment. Some water resources have been harmed by the practice formally called hydraulic fracturing, it said, but concluded that the risk is small compared to the number of fracking wells in use. The evaluatio ... morehttp://www.oilgasdaily.com/reports/No_widespread_danger_to_water_from_fracking_US_agency_999.html