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EcoWatch: Early results from an on-the-ground, public health assessment in Washington County, PA, indicate that environmental contamination is occurring near natural gas drilling sites and is the likely cause of associated illnesses. We are alarmed by these preliminary findings. They show that--after only six years of drilling--human exposure is occurring and people are getting sick. The presence of any sick people gives lie to industry claims that high volume hydraulic fracturing--fracking--is “safe.”
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PA Public Health Assessment Finds Fracking Makes People Sick
Posted by EcoWatch: Sandra Steingraber, PhD; Larysa Dyrszka, Md; Kathleen Nolan, Md, Msl on August 27th, 2013
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