Fracking has contaminated drinking water wells

Dear editor,

I thought (the) slant (in a recent letter to the editor) on fracking was interesting, but lacking in real world evidence.

Fracking may be "regulated,” but the end product sometimes leaves a lot to be desired. Just ask the folks in Pennsylvania whose drinking water comes out of their wells in various colors and unsafe to drink. In northeastern Pennsylvania, where the gas industry is heavily involved with fracking, there are numerous cases where the industry process has contaminated the drinking water wells.

I think the focus ought to be on existing evidence of pollution …

RAY SLINGERLAND

Milton

This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Fracking has contaminated drinking water wells