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January 21, 2015

Montana: Cancer-Causing Chemical Found in Water After Oil Spill 
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In the United States, residents of Glenville, Montana, and surrounding
areas are being told not to drink their tap water after the
cancer-causing chemical benzene was detected following an oil spill. The
warning comes days after up to 50,000 gallons of water spilled into the
Yellowstone River, and follows earlier assurances by state officials the
spill posed no public safety threat. Glenville sits on the edge of the
Bakken Shale, a top oil production site, and near the route of the
proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

 

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