"A woman is suing natural gas driller Chesapeake Energy Corp. and two of its subsidiaries, claiming that drilling near her rural home has fouled the water with methane and other pollutants and created a rash of health problems since 2009. ...

The DEP said last month that at least six residential wells were tainted with methane believed to be caused by Chesapeake's drilling operations. Those wells were in Wilmot Township, about eight miles from Sugar Run, where Armstrong lives. One county over, in Dimock, the DEP has accused another company of contaminating the water wells of nearly 20 residents. ..."

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