Oil Fracking

Lustgarten's article consists of the contamination of water due to oil fracking.  Federal environmental officials have found contaminants in the water around certain areas, with assumptions that it is caused from the fracking in the area.  When oil drilling was tested as a cause for water contamination, it was proven to be true.  The EPA has conducted tests to determine whether fracking is as harmful to the environment as people say it is, even though the drilling industry says otherwise, but the results are not completely sure of yet.  Now that there is more evidence and proof given to support a threat to human safety, these findings will lead to further debate and discussion as to how serious the problem is.
The article focuses specifically on Wyoming, although since this problem has recently been thoroughly investigated, it has to be present in other areas around the country as well.  There are arguments brought up about how there is already water contamination in Wyoming, therefore the oil drilling has nothing to do with the issue.  The drilling industry also argue that the problems are related to natural causes, simply because they don't want to be responsible for such a problem.  On the other hand, environmentalists and researchers are excited of the news in hopes of preventing further damage and putting a stop to the threat to humans.  "Throughout its investigation in Wyoming, The EPA was hamstrung by a lack of disclosure about exactly what chemicals had been used to frack the wells near Pavillion. EnCana declined to give federal officials a detailed breakdown of every compound used underground. The agency relied instead on more general information supplied by the company to protect workers' health."  There has not been clear information provided yet to support the claim that oil fracking is the primary cause of water contamination, therefore an exact report will be published several months ahead.  The only concern now is the safety of the public health.  Further examination will provide news to the public soon.