Fracking kills newborn babies - polluted water likely cause

The Ecologist
Apr 25, 2017, 8:07 am94 pts
A new study in Pennsylvania, USA shows that fracking is strongly related to increased mortality in young babies. The effect is most pronounced in counties with many drinking water wells indicating that contamination by 'produced water' from fracking is a likely cause. Radioactive pollution with uranium, thorium…

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