February 8, 2014

Radionuclides in Fracking Wastewater

The Marcellus is known to have high uranium content
By Valerie J. Brown, Environmental Health Perspectives

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Waste Pit in Dimock
Naturally occurring radionuclides are widely distributed in the earth’s crust, so it’s no surprise that mineral and hydrocarbon …

February 8, 2014

Marcellus Compressor Station Exceeding Pollution Standard by 3X

Pollution concentrations are nearly three times the amount allowed under federal health-based air quality standards
By The Clean Air Council

The Barto Compressor Station in Penn Township, Lycoming County is creating pollution concentrations nearly three times the amount allowed under …

December 29, 2013

NYS Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal's Letter to Con Ed Concerning Radon in Natural Gas

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December 19, 2013

Kevin Burke
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Consolidated Edison Company of New York
4 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003

Dear Mr. Burke:

The New Jersey-New York …

December 18, 2013

Researchers Find Fracking Chemicals Disrupt Hormone Function

University of Missouri finds endocrine-disrupting activity linked to birth defects and infertility

University of Missouri researchers have found greater hormone-disrupting properties in water located near hydraulic fracturing drilling sites than in areas without drilling. The researchers also found that 11 …

November 3, 2013

Who Pays the Cost of Fracking?

The report posted below should be of interest to the general public, which will bear the cost of the failures on the part of companies engaged in horizontal hydrofracking (fracking) to properly insure their projects against the possibility–ever present given …

July 21, 2013

Drilling, Fracking Cause Concern

Medical workers urged to recognize exposure
By David O. Williams, The Durango Herald, July 20, 2013

A former president of the Colorado Medical Society calls the current hydraulic fracturing boom in the state’s gas and oil industry an “experiment in …

June 13, 2013

Fracking Poses Health Risks to Pregnant Women and Children

PRESS ADVISORY

Contact: Ansje Miller, 510-379-8449 (cell); Ellen Webb, 718-309-5219 (cell)

New Report: Fracking Poses Health Risks to Pregnant Women and Children

Air and Water Pollution from Secret Use of Toxic Chemicals Poses Serious Health Risks to Most Vulnerable

May 30, 2013

Fracking vs Food: NY's Choice

Drilling deep underground for natural gas will threaten the state’s agriculture, say two celebrity chefs
By Mario Batali and Bill Telepan, New York Daily News, May 30, 2013

As chefs and proprietors of New York City restaurants, we care a …

March 15, 2013

Air Testing Shows Elevated Benzene Levels in the Barnett Shale

SHALETEST AIR TESTING SHOW ELEVATED BENZENE LEVELS IN THE BARNETT SHALE
Based on results of a recent air study, benzene is still elevated around natural gas
production facilities in the Barnett Shale.

Barnett Shale– During the month of October 2012 …

February 11, 2013

Fracking Review Consultant Says in Depth, National Study Needed

Posted by: Jon Campbell- Posted on Feb 11, 2013

One of three outside consultants tapped to assist with New York’s health review of hydraulic fracturing said it’s “absurd” that there hasn’t been an in-depth, national review of the gas-extraction process’ …

January 31, 2013

An Oil Boom Takes a Toll on Health Care

By JOHN ELIGON
Published: January 27, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/us/boom-in-north-dakota-weighs-heavily-on-health-care.html?_r=0

Dr. Gary Ramage treating a patient at McKenzie County Hospital in Watford City, N.D. The hospital now averages 400 emergency room visits per month. –Matthew Staver for The New York Times
WATFORD …

January 28, 2013

Blockade at PA Fracking Site Highlights Risks to Farms and Food

Nonviolent Civil Disobedience in Lawrence County
EcoWatch, Jan. 27, 2013

 

Residents of Western Pennsylvania and friends of Lawrence County farmer Maggie Henry locked themselves to a giant paper-mache pig today in the entrance to a Shell natural gas well …

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