WHILE it may not have been harmful to human health, Arrow Energy's latest contamination scare has again thrown an unwelcomed spotlight on the controversial practices and conduct of the coal seam gas industry.
Arrow Energy revealed at the weekend that traces of the cancer-causing chemicals benzene, toluene, ethylene and xylene (commonly referred to as BTEX), which were banned last year in Queensland for use in fracking, were discovered at five bores at the company's Daandine and Tipton Fields, south of Dalby.
The positive BTEX readings were discovered in shallow, 50mm diameter, PVC-lined holes used for detecting seepage from the CSG associated water storages nearby.
The Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) believes the BTEX chemicals do not pose a threat to human health or the environment and were most likely from "remnants of a glue, grease or oil used in the on-site construction of the monitoring holes". Read More
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