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To: Road Walker who wrote (9114)	6/5/2009 5:21:55 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86356

The EPA did a study in 2004 that said hydraulic fracing didn't threaten drinking water. But that study isn't accepted since the wrong party was in power. So it doesn't count. People always need more studies till they get the result they want. If they studied it again now, they'd find the opposite. Absolutely no doubt about it. Can you imagine a researcher telling the EPA no, you don't have a good reason to move on this? In various news accounts, you'll find the proponents of the EPA regulating this citing people who say their well water is contaminated with methane. Somebody has to raise his window when he takes a bath ... etc. Trouble is, wells can get contaminated naturally. If there is drilling anywhere nearby, let's go after them. I just find it funny that as big new natural gas resources are starting to be tapped, here come the environmentalist groups with charges and demands for federal regulation. I think their concern is how are we gonna shut this new thing down.