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Exposed: what fracking really does to you, your family, pets and food
The Ecologist ^ | 2-25-2015 | Allison Wilson

Posted on 02/25/2015 10:38:18 AM PST by Citizen Zed

The first researchers to systematically document ill health in livestock, pets, and people living near fracking drill sites were Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald.

Bamberger, a veterinarian, and Oswald, a professor of molecular medicine at Cornell University, used a case study approach-looking at individual households-to search for possible effects (Bamberger and Oswald 2012).

Many fracking chemicals are known carcinogens, endocrine disruptors or other classes of toxins (Colborn et al. 2011). Bamberger and Oswald's studies, carried out during the ongoing fracking boom, uncovered serious adverse effects including respiratory, reproductive, and growth-related problems in animals and a spectrum of symptoms in humans that they termed "shale gas syndrome".

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KEYWORDS: antifracking; bambergeroswald; debunked; energy; fracking; hydrofrac; hydrofracturing; junkscience; liberalagenda; luddism; methane; opec; petroleum; putinsbuttboys; russia; russianstooges; vladtheimploder
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To: Citizen Zed

It has made some of my family members fracking rich! That’s what it has done.


41 posted on 02/25/2015 1:15:21 PM PST by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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To: Citizen Zed

George Carlin on Fracking (formerly Global Warming)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0aFPXr4n4

Just change some words.


42 posted on 02/25/2015 1:30:08 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: sakic
When both sides lie, it is difficult to ascertain the truth.

What lies have the pro-frackers told?

43 posted on 02/25/2015 1:40:28 PM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed
What lies have the pro-frackers told?

Crickets....

44 posted on 02/25/2015 1:51:44 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: thackney

Bookmark.


45 posted on 02/25/2015 2:21:24 PM PST by SunTzuWu
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To: Citizen Zed

Article is a load of hooey.


46 posted on 02/26/2015 6:33:40 AM PST by privatedrive
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