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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...

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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...

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Fracking: NY Reprieve for Health?

Click Here to Hear the Interview By Alison Rose Levy, Connect the Dots, Feb. 13, 2013 Alison Rose Levy speaks with two guests: Dr. Larysa Dyrszka, MD of Concerned Health Professionals of New York, a...

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Elected Officials to Protect NY Speak Out on Fracking

This document makes a very important point, which is that any moratorium period should be devoted not only to studying health impacts, but also the economic impact issues. Statement from Elected...

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Fracking: Colorado’s Dystopian Nightmare

An in depth look at the dangers and destruction that arise from every aspect of horizontal fracking. By Phillip Doe, Free Range Longmont, March 9, 2013 Editor’s Note: Phillip Doe leaves no stone...

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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....

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You Have to See It to Believe It: What It’s Like to Have Fracking in Your...

You Have to See It to Believe It: What It’s Like to Have Fracking in Your Backyard Residents in industry-friendly West Virginia share their experiences, photos and videos. April 15, 2013 From Alternet,...

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NYPIRG Urges Cuomo to Reject dSGEIS Due to Conflicts of Interest

The New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) has sent a letter to New York State Governor Cuomo urging him to reject the Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement...

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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...

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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...

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Halliburton Cited for OSHA Violations in Liberty, PA

Vera Scroggins, of Citizens for Clean Water, writes: I called OSHA months ago to check out the silica dust clouds on the frack sites and they inspected the WPX Gas Site known as Wootton at 1283 Mill...

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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...

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Jerusalem Sung To Honour Those Harmed in PA by Fracking

From Philip Carr-Gomm Today 11th August 2013 at the anti-fracking protest in Balcombe, Sussex, England, we sang William Blake’s Jerusalem while the names of those harmed by fracking in Pennsylvania USA...

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TEDX Upcoming Events

View the TEDX (The Endocrine Disruption Exchange) Newsletter Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Exposure, Research and Regulation Join us Thursday September 12th (9am Pacific/12 Eastern) for a jointly...

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Drilling injury lawsuit settled

Worker was paralyzed while repairing rig at Harrison jobsite By KATE WHITE The Charleston Gazette July 22, 2013 Excerpt: “During a deposition, Jason Ware, a safety coordinator with Antero, according to...

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Study reports VOC-polluted air, health problems related to hydrocarbon...

A study recently published in the journal Atmospheric Environment reports that hydrocarbon processing in the industrial heartland of Alberta has been correlated with remarkable elevations in Volatile...

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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...

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How Compressor Stations Can Impact Your Health

2 forums in Minisink, NY on Dec. 10 and 12 We are very pleased to present a rare educational forum and Q&A led by one of the nation’s leading experts on community impacts from gas development (ie...

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Environmental Group Warns of Fracking Waste on NY Roads

More than a dozen municipalities have received state approval to spread a fracking byproduct on their roads By Scott Waldman, Capital, December 3, 2013 More information from Riverkeeper here Despite a...

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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...

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