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https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-polluted-drinking-water-boarman-family
Oklahoma has around 130,000 private water wells, essentially straws that drink from shallow groundwater reserves with minimal filtration, increasing the risk of contamination. Thatβs because after pulling huge profits from the earth, Oklahoma oil companies left behind tens of thousands of unplugged wells that belch greenhouse gases and allow industrial waste to spread below ground. The state has some of the nationβs weakest regulations pertaining to industry cleanup of old wells.
the full article is pure horror on legs, yet not atypical of several i've read over the years, about that terrible nation.
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Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.
State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one familyβs drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit β then closed the case.