Associated Press: Prodded by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, Pennsylvania says it's expanding the scope of water tests for radium and other pollutants from the state's booming natural gas drilling industry.
The Department of Environmental Protection's acting secretary, Michael Krancer, tells EPA that he's requiring additional tests by some drinking-water suppliers and wastewater treatment facilities.
Radium, which exists naturally underground, is sometimes found in drilling wastewater that gushes......
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Pa. seeks more tests for drilling pollution
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 7th, 2011
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