October 11, 2009 - Denverpost.com - Ned Prather can't forget that awful drink of water.
Tests would show the water from a spring he has drank from for decades was heavily contaminated with a carcinogenic and nervous system-damaging chemical stew known as BTEX — benzene, toluene, ethylbenzine and xylene. BTEX and other volatile organic compounds come to the surface in the production water from oil and gas wells.
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Monday, October 12, 2009
Fears of tainted water well up in western Colorado
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Labels: benzene, btex, colorado, ethylbenzine, toluene, water contamination, xylene
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