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Scientists Close To Testing Tracers For Drilling Fluid
January 22, 2013
by: Dave Fehling
It's one of the most hotly debated issues dogging the oil and gas drilling industry: Is the now-widespread use of a drilling method called "fracking" a threat to groundwater? StateImpact reporter Dave Fehling found some answers by visiting a laboratory in Houston. But he begins his story in Austin, where state officials had gotten a scare.
Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.