I'm a bit skeptical of what the EPA says, because it has been documented to suffer from regulatory capture. http://www.amazon.com/Poison-Spring-Secret-History-

I'm a bit skeptical of what the EPA says, because it has been documented to suffer from regulatory capture. http://www.amazon.com/Poison-Spring-Secret-History-Pollution/dp/1608199266 http://www.amazon.com/Poison-Spring-Secret-History-Pollution... But lets assume the EPA is doing its job. At minimum, there needs to be more inspectors - currently there is a huge backlog where high-risk wells are not being inspected. So this problem will just keep getting worse. http://www.foreffectivegov.org/blog/massive-fracking-federal-lands-overwhelms-critical-inspections http://www.foreffectivegov.org/blog/massive-fracking-federal... Also, just a few weeks ago from the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/science/earth/fracking-chemicals-detected-in-pennsylvania-drinking-water.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/science/earth/fracking-che...