Toxic Ground: How Oil Field Pollution Is Threatening Oklahoma ^59.8%

ProPublica - By Katie Campbell, Nick Bowlin - 6/2/2026, 10:00 AM

Appeal to Authority 29% - Anecdotal 23.3% - Negativity Bias 19.9%

Kara Meredith can tell you the exact day her life turned upside down: Aug. 23, 2025. She was at her home in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, caring for her 5-week-old son, when one of her daughters ran to tell her there was water all over the bathroom floor. Her husband, Mitch Meredith, wasn’t worried — until he saw the dark liquid bubbling up... more