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    Children Living Near Fracking Sites Face Higher Leukemia Risks, Study Finds

    Children Living Near Fracking Sites Face Higher Leukemia Risks, Study Finds

    Pennsylvania children who grew up near oil and gas fracking sites are at higher risk for leukemia, a study published Wednesday in Environmental Health Perspectives finds. The study’s findings are consistent with a plethora of research on health risks associated with fracking. Yale researchers using Pennsylvania cancer registry data, found children between the ages of 2–7 years-old who […]

    UK Delays Closure of Controversial Fracking Sites

    UK Delays Closure of Controversial Fracking Sites

    When the UK government imposed a moratorium on fracking in 2019, climate campaigners breathed a sigh of relief.  Now, however, there are concerns that the practice might be resurrected in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The government said on Thursday that fracking-company Cuadrilla did not yet have to seal and shutter two wells at […]

    Living Near Fracking Sites Increases Risk of Early Death, Study Finds

    Living Near Fracking Sites Increases Risk of Early Death, Study Finds

    A new study shows that older adults who live near or downwind of unconventional oil and gas developments (UOGD), such as fracking sites and directional drilling, experience higher risks of early deaths. The study, published in the journal Nature Energy by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is the first time researchers have been […]

    First-of-Its-Kind Study Measures Fracking’s Impact on Nearby Surface Water Quality

    First-of-Its-Kind Study Measures Fracking’s Impact on Nearby Surface Water Quality

    A new study correlates poorer surface water quality with nearby hydraulic fracturing but finds that the impacts aren’t major enough to be considered harmful by federal regulators. However, the researchers noted they weren’t able to study “potentially more dangerous” substances related to fracking because of a lack of data. While some published studies have already […]

    EPA Approved Exxon’s ‘Forever Chemicals’ for Fracking in 2011

    EPA Approved Exxon’s ‘Forever Chemicals’ for Fracking in 2011

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved dangerous chemicals that break down into PFAS for use in fracking in 2011, according to records obtained by Physicians for Social Responsibility and reported by The New York Times. Despite EPA scientists having identified preliminary evidence the carcinogenic, and birth-defect-linked substances could degrade into those “forever chemicals” and […]

    Living Near Fracking Wells Is Linked to Higher Rate of Heart Attacks, Study Finds

    Living Near Fracking Wells Is Linked to Higher Rate of Heart Attacks, Study Finds

    By Kristina Marusic Living among fracking wells is linked to higher rates of hospitalizations and deaths due to heart attacks, according to a new study. The study, published in the Journal of Environmental Research, compared heart attack rates in Pennsylvania counties with fracking to demographically similar counties in New York where fracking is banned. “There’s […]