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An Old Well Gushed Waste, Not Oil, in a Small West Texas Town
An old oil well in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church of Grandfalls leaked 1.5 million gallons of toxic wastewater despite efforts by the Railroad Commission of Texas to shut down injection wells. The spill occurred in April.
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