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Category Archives: Fracking and Health
Fracking May Bring High Levels of Radon and Lead
From the Oneida County Courier: James W. Ring, Winslow Professor of Physics Emeritus at Hamilton College asserts that household use of natural gas obtained from hydrofracking in the Marcellus Shale can cause exposure to unacceptably high levels of Radon Gas … Continue reading
Posted in Fracking, Fracking and Health, Our Neighbors, Press, Science
Tagged fracking, Hamilton College, lead, lung cancer, Marcellus shale, radium, radon
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No property rights when the gas companies come to your front yard…
I (Christine Ruggiero) will start this story by saying that Aruba Petroleum has taken a great deal from my family, but they cannot take away our faith in God. This story may sound like one of defeat, but we are … Continue reading
The Trouble With Health Problems Near Gas Fracking
From Fresh Air, WHYY, NPR: “I hear [stories] thousands of miles apart, in various states, and to me — to an untrained medical professional — they sound alarmingly similar,” he says. “But when we go to federal or state health … Continue reading
Posted in Fracking, Fracking and Health, National, Press, Science
Tagged Abrahm Lustgarten, Clean Air Act, fracking and health, NPR, Safe Water Act
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Science Lags as Health Problems Emerge Near Natural Gas Fields
From Scientific American: On a summer evening in June 2005, Susan Wallace-Babb went out into a neighbor’s field near her ranch in Western Colorado to close an irrigation ditch. She parked down the rutted double-track, stepped out of her truck … Continue reading
Posted in Fracking, Fracking and Health, National
Tagged fracking, fracking and health, illness, poison, rash, Scientific American
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Dateline Australia: Fracking in the Catskills and Pennsylvania
Are landscapes and water supplies being ruined by fracking? Dateline reports on the controversial way of tapping into gas reserves that’s splitting the US.
Scientists Warn Cuomo of Danger to Drinking Water
Dozens of scientists, including four from the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, warned Gov. Andrew Cuomo that it will be practically impossible for municipal drinking water systems to protect against chemicals used in natural gas hydraulic fracturing, also called hydrofracking. Their letter to the … Continue reading
Posted in Fracking and Health, Fracking and Water, NY, Press
Tagged Cornell, Cuomo, drinking water, fracking, National Academy of Sciences, water filtration
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“It’s all gone.”
This young woman is thoughtful, articulate, and powerful as she describes the end of the area around her in Pennsylvania:
Seven Spills Per Week in Colorado
Colorado: 350 oil and gas spills in less than two years; benzene found in groundwater; fines are almost non-existent There is an extremely important, and disturbing, story in the Denver Post today. A Post investigation found that four oil and natural gas companies have been responsible for 350 spills … Continue reading
Like that clean air we have here? Don’t count on it sticking around.
From USA Today: Wyoming’s smog exceeds Los Angeles’ due to gas drilling Rural Wyoming, known for breathtaking vistas, now has worse smog than Los Angeles because of its boom in natural gas drilling. Residents who live near the gas fields … Continue reading
A Million Fracking Letters
___ Have you written your letter yet? The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 Or click here to email…
