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September 16, 2010

Suit Alleges Water Contamination from Drilling in Marcellus Shale
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The news that the spying’s targets included anti-drilling activists
comes as a group of Pennsylvania families has filed a lawsuit alleging
that hydraulic fracturing has contaminated their water wells in the
Marcellus Shale. The suit alleges Houston-based Southwestern Energy
exposed residents in northeastern Pennsylvania to dangerous chemicals
through the leaking of fracking fluid into the aquifer.



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