Here are some more selected news articles for the week ending 26 December 2020. Go here for Part 1.
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Scientist Dominic DiGiulio's Work Illuminated How Fracking Affects People and Environment - - People in communities across the nation have found themselves the participants in a fracking experiment. The practice is controversial because of its potential impacts to public health and the environment, specifically, it can poison drinking water. After years of research, scientist Dominic DiGiulio made this link. He found that people's groundwater can become contaminated under certain conditions. The pits that store fracking chemicals are one example. Such was the case in Pavillion, Wyoming, a community of roughly 230 people.Back in 2008, residents began complaining their water had a foul taste and smell. So the EPA came in to investigate. Led by DiGiulio, the team's preliminary findings released three years later suggested fracking was to blame.But officials in Wyoming dismissed the findings as a political move.DiGiulio rejects that claim to this day.