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its a result of fracking the gas wells. Irony is that the researchers who created the fracking chemicals live there, so they and they'z kids get to drink the fruits of their labor. lol, they deserve it. Its akin to how the Japanese nuked themselves by building them plants on the Pacific side, against the advice of their elders who'd previously erected monuments stating not to build anything below them in sea level. Maybe the same mentality is present in each seemingly-unrelated instance.