Drop One, Drop Them All

What happens if a well breaks wind? Well (sorry!), in this case hundreds of people in three villages got wobbly, dizzy, nauseous, weak and finally collapsed.

It occurred in Bojonegoro, East Java, on Saturday two weeks ago, when oil company Santa Fe conducted its first oil well drilling. The hole being bored released hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas. "It smelled like human excrement," said Frendi, a primary school student (grade III) of Campurejo

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