Children's Health Defense Bryan Latkanich, a father of three and resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania — one of the state’s most heavily fracked regions — alleges fracking wells installed on his property contaminated his family’s private well with PFAS and other toxic chemicals.
A Pennsylvania judge this week heard oral arguments in a case brought by a man who claims PFAS — known as “forever chemicals” — and other toxic chemicals from Chevron’s fracking wells formerly on his property made him and his sons sick.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a method oil and gas companies use to extract natural gas and oil from deep rock formations by forcing water, sand and a mix of chemicals into horizontally drilled wells. The process causes the rock to crack and release natural gas or oil.
PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have been used in hydraulic fracturing and other types of oil and gas wells across the U.S. for at least a decade.
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