The rash of fracking wells began with the Bush/Cheney Energy Policy. In order to carry out this boom all the environmental policies were suspended. The environmental laws that have protected Americans since the 1970s were disabled to allow profits.There is just no conscience only profit driven policies. No containment plans, no advanced technology, nothing to justify fracking over ride environmental policies, simply profit.
The fracking industry likes to brag the technology has been around for over 60 years. That is correct. Sixty year old technology, long before there were environmental laws. That is what a Republican administration called policy.
July 18, 2016
By Ryan W. Miller
A new study found that asthma patients in Pennsylvania (click here) living near unconventional natural gas developments, also known as fracking, were up to four times more likely to experience an asthma attack.
The study, released Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, classified asthma exacerbation into three categories: mild or needing medication, moderate or needing an emergency room visit, or severe, needing hospitalization.
Asthma patients living close to more or bigger natural gas wells had a higher risk of attacks in all three asthma stages, said lead author Sara Rasmussen, a Ph.D candidate at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School at Public Health.
Researchers found that the greater risk showed up in all four phases of well development: pad preparation, drilling, stimulation — the actual fracturing — and production....
The American Lung Association states the very same thing I did above. The US EPA needs to end the emissions.
"Health Threats From Fracking - Related Air Pollution (click here)
...On behalf of the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers (click here) who struggle to breathe, we applaud the decision announced today to prohibit fracking in New York. We are heartened that the Administration agreed with our concern that the proposed fracking process in New York would have enabled a growth in oil and gas extraction that increased too many potential health risks, especially to the air we breathe. Yet, we recognize that oil and gas extraction, refining, transportation and use presents many risks to health, not just fracking. We look forward to seeing recommendations to strengthening protections from these processes.
Throughout this review period, the Lung Association has argued that expanded oil and gas extraction and processing, driven by fracking, would increase air pollution in the state, placing residents’ health at serious risk. We believed then and continue to believe now that there is a very real and unacceptable risk that the air emissions from increased oil and gas production would make people sick and shorten the lives of those living in communities in New York where the extraction will take place. Fracking would drive changes that would increase air pollution in areas of the state that now benefit from clean air....
This is air pollution. The flame does not solve any problem, it spews pollution, too. The noise pollution is considerable.
The fracking industry likes to brag the technology has been around for over 60 years. That is correct. Sixty year old technology, long before there were environmental laws. That is what a Republican administration called policy.
July 18, 2016
By Ryan W. Miller
A new study found that asthma patients in Pennsylvania (click here) living near unconventional natural gas developments, also known as fracking, were up to four times more likely to experience an asthma attack.
The study, released Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, classified asthma exacerbation into three categories: mild or needing medication, moderate or needing an emergency room visit, or severe, needing hospitalization.
Asthma patients living close to more or bigger natural gas wells had a higher risk of attacks in all three asthma stages, said lead author Sara Rasmussen, a Ph.D candidate at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School at Public Health.
Researchers found that the greater risk showed up in all four phases of well development: pad preparation, drilling, stimulation — the actual fracturing — and production....
The American Lung Association states the very same thing I did above. The US EPA needs to end the emissions.
"Health Threats From Fracking - Related Air Pollution (click here)
...On behalf of the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers (click here) who struggle to breathe, we applaud the decision announced today to prohibit fracking in New York. We are heartened that the Administration agreed with our concern that the proposed fracking process in New York would have enabled a growth in oil and gas extraction that increased too many potential health risks, especially to the air we breathe. Yet, we recognize that oil and gas extraction, refining, transportation and use presents many risks to health, not just fracking. We look forward to seeing recommendations to strengthening protections from these processes.
Throughout this review period, the Lung Association has argued that expanded oil and gas extraction and processing, driven by fracking, would increase air pollution in the state, placing residents’ health at serious risk. We believed then and continue to believe now that there is a very real and unacceptable risk that the air emissions from increased oil and gas production would make people sick and shorten the lives of those living in communities in New York where the extraction will take place. Fracking would drive changes that would increase air pollution in areas of the state that now benefit from clean air....
This is air pollution. The flame does not solve any problem, it spews pollution, too. The noise pollution is considerable.
