Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.

Their Water Was Undrinkable. Oklahoma’s Oil Regulators Failed to Help.

State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.

Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.

State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.

TheVoiceOfJoyce Oklahoma didn’t care that a couple was contaminated with the toxic residues from oil fields surrounding them! People don’t matter in Trump’s Presidency, as long as he’s making money.

Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why. In the summer of 2022, months after Tammy Boarman and her husband, Chris, moved into their newly built “forever home” 30 miles from Oklahoma City, the plants in their yard began to turn yellow. The shrubs wilted, though Tammy watered them often. And the couple began to notice a salty taste in their drinking water. The water came from a private well, drilled …