Category: Health
The health implications of fracking: Article in the Lancet
The Lancet, Volume 383, Issue 9919, Pages 757 - 758, 1 March 2014 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62700-2Cite or Link Using DOI Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved. The health implications of fracking Sari Kovats a, Michael Depledge b, Andy Haines a, Lora E Fleming c, Paul Wilkinson a, Seth B Shonkoff…
Asbestos scare halts coal seam gas drilling at Queensland sites
Farmers and environmentalists have deep reservations about the impact of coal seam gas "fracking" on the landscape and water. Photo: Glenn Hunt Origin Energy, in charge of coal seam gas drilling for the Australia Pacific liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, said on Thursday it had stopped work at 12 sites…
Study: Hydrofracking sickening animals, people
By David Worthington A Cornell University researcher has linked wildlife illnesses and death to "hydrofracking" natural gas drilling activities. Public health could be affected too, he cautioned. Cornell professor Robert Oswald's study compared sickened wildlife to 'canaries in a coal mine.' (image credit:http://freelanceflaneur.blogspot.com) Drilling for natural gas by…
Study Links Fracking Chemicals and Hormone Disruption
Source: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/402033-study-links-fracking-chemicals-and-hormone-disruption/?photo=2 High levels of hormone-disrupting chemicals have been found in water samples near fracking sites in Colorado, according to research accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s journal Endocrinology. The chemicals “could raise the risk of reproductive, metabolic, neurological and other diseases, especially in children who are exposed to…