For this week's blog post, I have found the following six reasearch articles published in 2011 from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) discussing the "finer" points of Methane contamination of drinking water wells via hydraulic fracturing for your perusal: 


Methane Contamination of Drinking Water and Accompanying Gas-Well Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing 
(OSBORN et al., 2011)
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/20/8172.full.pdf+ 

Methane Contamination of Drinking Water Caused by Hydraulic Fracturing Remains Unproven 
(DAVIES, 2011)
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/43/E871.full.pdf

Lack of Data to Support Relationship between Methane Contamination of Drinking Water Wells and Hydraulic Fracturing 
(SABA and ORZECHOWSKI, 2011)
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/37/E663.full

Hydraulic Fracturing Not Reponsible for Methane for Methane Migration 
(SCHON, 2011)
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/37/E664.full.pdf 

Reply to SABA and ORZECHOWSKI and SCHON: Methane Contamination of Drinking Water and Accompanying Gas-Well Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing
(OSBORN et al., 2011)
  http://www.pnas.org/content/108/37/E665.full 

Responses to Frequently Asked Questions and Comments About the Shale-Gas Paper by OSBORN et al. 
(JACKSON et al., Center of Global Change, Duke University, Durham, NC; June 15, 2011) http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/cgc/FrackFAQ6_15_11.pdf 

My sincerest apologizes for the appearance of today's blog post. My computer is being uncooperative!

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