Professor debunks claim that fracking contaminates water, gets attacked by peers
In debunking nationally acclaimed research, a Syracuse University professor recently testified to Congress that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, actually does not contaminate water.
...Siegel has infuriated his peers, who have clung to the Duke studies as proof that fracking harms the environment and have tried to discredit Siegel’s findings in a variety of ways.
But Siegel has stood firm, and relayed his recent findings to Congress:
He has found no relationship between water contamination and fracking.
Siegel’s findings come from his recent study, published in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology on March 12.
...“In essence, the Duke sampling seems statistically biased to me. I didn’t think they could say much about the entire population of water wells,” Siegel told the members of Congress.
In the wake of his published study, Siegel has faced blowback from the science community and activists, who have clung to the Duke studies as proof that fracking harms the environment...
The response to Siegel’s paper highlights the contentious response that follows science that disrupts the narrative of climate and anti-fracking activists.
..“It’s a big issue of how science is perceived in the public, and how to present the best science in a way the public can understand,” he said...
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