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Marcellus Shale Industry, DEP Respond To Talk Of 'Potentially Huge Problem'POSTED: 5:24 pm EST March 9, 2010 "PITTSBURGH -- A leading public health scientist told Team 4 investigator Jim Parsons that an explosion in natural gas drilling in western Pennsylvania has him worried.There's no question that the recent boom in Marcellus Shale gas drilling has put money in the coffers of small towns across Pennsylvania -- but in the words of Dr. Conrad Volz, at what price?"This is a potentially huge public health problem," said Volz, of the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health.Under normal circumstances, Volz does not talk in alarmed sound bites. But Volz said these are not normal circumstances."This is the looming, coming problem for Pittsburgh water," Volz said.He points to what happened to the water at Jenny Smitsky's house in Hickory, Washington County." More>>>>
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