‘US FRACKING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, POSES CANCER THREAT’ (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Monday, November 03, 2014, 21:33

The way that oil and gas fracking is practiced in the US is dangerous to public health exposing people living around wells to respiratory infections, cancer and a reduction in brain activity, David O. Carpenter, environmental health expert, told RT.

Scientists have discovered dangerously high level of cancer-causing chemicals in the air around fracking wells in five different states in the US. A report revealed that levels of benzene, hydrogen sulfide and formaldehyde were many times above American air pollution limits and were detected within residential areas near to fracking sites.

RT spoke with David O. Carpenter, author of the study to find out how dangerous fracking is for health.

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http://rt.com/op-edge/201155-report-fracking-danger-cancer/