Scientists find evidence that a Pennsylvania town’s water was contaminated by fracking

Scientists suspect fracking contaminated this Pennsylvania town’s wells

New Freeport’s water looked and smelled strange—even pets wouldn’t touch it.

Scientists find evidence that a Pennsylvania town’s water was contaminated by fracking

Men with Cabot Oil and Gas work on a natural gas valve at a hydraulic fracturing site on January 18, 2012 in South Montrose, Pennsylvania. . (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment.  In the summer of 2022, John Stolz got a phone call asking for his help. This request—one of many the Duquesne University…