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  • Investment company with 30,000 acres of the North West is in bed with the fracking industry

New study reveals UK shale more toxic than shale in the U.S.

Posted on January 7, 2016 by John Gray

Arsenic and Selenium concentrations in shale formations in the Britain and Ireland are much higher than in the Barnett Shale in Texas where Arsenic and Selenium contamination of groundwater has already been linked to fracking. The mean concentrations of Arsenic and Selenium in the Bowland Shale are about 2.5 times higher than the Barnett Shale and maximum Arsenic concentrations in Lancashire reach 6 times the Barnett Shale value, while maximum Selenium concentrations in Ireland reach 5 times the Barnett Shale value.

Media Coverage: www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/stu…

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