Living Near Active Oil and Gas Wells May Have Increased Risk of Dying from COVID-19

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By By Liza GrossFeb 2, 2025, 5:00 am228 pts
Californians who lived near the highest-producing wells were more likely to die of COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic, recent research shows. By Liza Gross On Feb. 6, 2020, a week after the World Health Organization declared the global coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency, the first Californian…

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