THESE IMAGES SHOWED THEM MASSIVE FRACKING PITS ON BRIAN LAKE CANISTERS PROPERTY. WHEN THE DRILLING OPERATION BEGAN A DECADE AGO, HE AGREED TO ALLOW DRILLING AND RECEIVED ROYALTIES. BUT SHORTLY AFTER THE DRILLING GOT UNDER WAY, HE SAYS HE STARTED HAVING HEALTH PROBLEMS. I COULDN’T SLEEP. I HAD I HAD INTESTINAL PROBLEMS. I WAS PUKING, HE SAYS. IT’S EVEN MORE ALARMING WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS YOUNG SON AFTER TAKING A BATH. THESE KIDS COVERED WITH BLISTERS AND SORES, WHAT WAS GOING ON? SO I JUMPED IN A TUB AND I FELT THE WATER AND IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST SLIPPERY SUBSTANCE THAT I’VE EVER FELT MY LIFE. IT’S LIKE, YOU GOT A PROBLEM. CHEVRON, THE DRILLING COMPANY, GAVE THE MECHANIC FAMILY WATER BUFFALOES AND DID AN INVESTIGATION. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THE GROUNDWATER CONSISTED WAS PREEXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE RESULT OF OIL AND GAS OPERATION. BUT MECHANIC SAYS HE AND HIS SON NEVER HAD HEALTH PROBLEMS BEFORE FRACKING STARTED. HAS MY SON GET BURNED FROM JUST WATER IF THERE’S NO REAL PROBLEM? HE STARTED FILLING WATER JUGS AT A NEARBY SPRING FOR DRINKING AND BATHING. EARLIER THIS YEAR, A TEAM FROM PITT TESTED THE WATER AT THE LAKE PANITCH HOUSE AND FOUND ALARMING RESULTS. ACCORDING TO A LAWSUIT FILED BY A MECHANIC, THE WATER CONTAINED HIGH AMOUNTS OF PFA US KNOWN AS FOREVER CHEMICALS. 280 TIMES THE EPA STANDARD. FOR ONE FORM OF THE CHEMICAL CALLED PFOA AND 379 TIMES THE EPA STANDARD FOR PFOA WAS. THE TESTS ALSO FOUND RYAN HAD HIGH LEVELS OF OTHER ASSOCIATED WITH FRACKING, INCLUDING BENZENE AND TELL YOU IN PITS LEAD RESEARCHER DECLINED TO DO AN INTERVIEW BECAUSE OF THE PENDING LAWSUIT. THESE ARE FACTORY NEWS INVESTIGATES SPOKE WITH DR. NED CARTIER, A PEDIATRICIAN AND STATE PRESIDENT. PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, A GROUP THAT OPPOSES FRACKING AND SEEKS TO REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS WITH RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES. IT DOESN’T TAKE A LOT OF FACE IN YOUR BODY TO CAUSE HARM AND HARM THAT FAST CAUSES IS IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE. IT CAN. IT’S FAST HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH CANCERS, TESTICULAR CANCER AND KIDNEY CANCER. IT CAN CAUSE LIVER DAMAGE AND OTHER DAMAGE TO ORGANS IN THE BODY AS WELL. THE GROUP THAT SPONSORED THE CAN STUDY ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS SAYS IT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE CHEMICALS. THE LAWSUIT BLAMES CHEVRON AND AN UNNAMED PEOPLE SUPPLIER. IT SAYS CHEVRON HAS USED PREVIOUS IN 1200 FRACKING OPERATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY. A CHEVRON SPOKESPERSON WOULD NOT SAY WHETHER THE COMPANY USED FOSSIL AT CANADA’S PROPERTY. THE SPOKESPERSON DID SAY PROTECTING PEOPLE, THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE OPERATE IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR CHEVRON. AND WE HAVE TAKEN MR. SHE SAYS LUKASHENKO’S REPEAT ACCUSATIONS THAT CHEVRON CONTAMINATED, HIS WATER HAVE BEEN DISPROVED AND DEP HAS PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED THE LACAZETTE’S WATER WAS NOT AFFECTED BY OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES. THE LAWSUIT ALSO NAMES PITTSBURGH BASED EQUITY, WHICH BOUGHT THE MECHANIC WELLS AND OTHERS FROM CHEVRON IN 2020. IN A STATEMENT POINTS OUT, THE PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION BY CHEVRON AND THE DEP. THE COMPANY SAYS THOSE ISSUES THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED AND NOTHING WAS FOUND. WE ARE CONFIDENT THE SAME CONCLUSION WILL BE REACHED IN THIS INSTANCE. A DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON SAYS. THEY ARE AGAIN INVESTIGATE IN MECHANICS WATER IN THE WAKE OF THE PAST TESTS. THE EPA SAYS IT HAS SO FAR IDENTIFIED EIGHT FRACKING SITES IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE FAST RELATED CHEMICALS WERE USED. BUT THE CANDIDATES PROPERTY IS NOT ONE OF THEM. AN ATTORNEY FOR THE CANDIDATE POINTS OUT PENNSYLVANIA ALLOWS DRILLERS TO CONCEAL THE IDENTITY OF MANY FRACKING CHEMICALS AS TRADE SECRETS WHEN THEY PUSH DOWN THOSE FLUIDS INTO THE GROUNDWATER. THAT’S HOW YOUR DRINKING WATER GETS GETS AFFECTED. DEP SAYS IT IS CONSIDERING A REQUIREMENT THAT DRILLING COMPANIES SPECIFY ACTUALLY CALL OUT THE USE OF PERFORMANCE ADDITIVES DURING WELL COMPLETION. DEP DOES NOT CURRENTLY REQUIRE WATER AUTHORITIES TO TEST FOR PUFAS, BUT IT IS IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A STANDARD. BRIAN’S LAWSUIT BLAMES FRACKING FOR MULTIPLE HEALTH PROBLEMS, INCLUDING RENAL FAILURE, SPLEEN FAILURE, GOUT AND A HEART CONDITION. HE REGRETS HIS DECISION TO ALLOW DRILLING ON HIS PROPERTY. NOW WE HAVE LAND. WE CAN’T USE, WATER WE CAN’T USE IN A HOUSE WE CAN’T LIVE IN. ALONG WITH HEALTH EFFECTS. LP PFAS IS RARELY FOUND IN MUNICIPAL WATER, BUT DR. CATANIA SAYS IT IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE FOUND IN WELL, WATER. IF YOU WANT TO TEST YOUR OWN WATER FOR FAST, JUST KEEP IN MIND THOSE TESTS CAN BE EXPENSIVE, COSTING AT LEAST A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS. REPORTING LIVE IN WA