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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

New Dangers Detected at Fracking Sites?

New Dangers Detected at Fracking Sites?

Lisa Song, InsideClimate News

First Study of Its Kind Detects 44 Hazardous Air Pollutants at Gas Drilling Sites


For years, the controversy over natural gas drilling has focused on the water and air quality problems linked to hydraulic fracturing, the process where chemicals are blasted deep underground to release tightly bound natural gas deposits.But a new study reports that a set of chemicals called non-methane hydrocarbons, or NMHCs, is found in the air near drilling sites even when fracking isn't in progress.http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20121203/natural-gas-drilling-air-pollution-fracking-colorado-methane-benzene-endocrine-health-NMHC-epa-toxic-chemicals

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