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In this article on ProPublica it says "Pennsylvania environment officials are racing to clean up as much as 8,000 gallons of dangerous drilling fluids after a series of spills at a natural gas production site near the town of Dimock last week.

The spills, which occurred at a well site run by Cabot Oil and Gas, involve a compound manufactured by Halliburton that is described as a "potential carcinogen" and is used in the drilling process of hydraulic fracturing, according to state officials. The contaminants have seeped into a nearby creek, where a fish kill was reported by the state Department of Environmental Protection. The DEP also reported fish "swimming erratically."

You should know that these same chemicals are most likely being used in Las Animas County also. Why? Why are we allowing this?

There are some links on this page http://newyork.sierraclub.org/fingerlakes/gasinfo.html to some pdf files containing information about the chemcials used in Fracking fluids. You might become very concerned if you read what they are putting into the ground and water in your backyard…..! Here are the links

List of Possible Chemicals in Fracking Fluid

New Mexico Gas Pit Sampling

Would you be okay with these chemicals in your drinking water?

Here are some other links about the chemical LGC-35 CBM that is used in many fracking operations.

Google Search for LGC-35

And get this  "The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has stopped all hydraulic fracturing in Susquehanna County by US independent Cabot Oil & Gas after three hydraulic fracture fluid spills at the same location in less than a week."

"The department took this action because of our concern about Cabot’s current fraccing process and to ensure that the environment in Susquehanna County is properly protected,”

Read the rest of this interesting article at http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article192673.ece and while you are reading this you might ask why Las Animas County doesn't stand up and take action to protect County Residents? What will it take before something is done?

 This article in the Billings Gazetter mentions that "Coalbed methane gas operators pump about 650 million barrels of water from coal aquifers each year. About 80 percent of that water is not put to any specific beneficial use, and in some cases turns ephemeral drainages into yearlong flows."

Water is removed from the coal seams to reduce the hydrostatic pressure so that the gas will be released. Removal of ground water out West is a huge concern that needs to be addressed. This does not mention the chemicals used to frac the wells that may include Hydrochloric Acid and possibly Fluoride that is injected into the ground to open up the coal seams.

Read the rest of this article here on the Billing Gazette