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Hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking,” relies on water, sand and other chemicals to clear the way for engineers to remove oil or gas from shale — porous rocks below the ground.Engineers know what they are pumping into the ground, but they haven’t understood why they have found certain highly dangerous compounds in flowback — the mixture of water, salt and other chemicals that flows back to the surface after being pumped through the shale.

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Study: Air pollution from fracking linked to deaths in Pennsylvania

June 23, 2020 sarah Jonas air, Air Pollution, Air Quality, Binghamton, Binghamton University, Environment, Environmental Economics, fracking, Health, Pennsylvania, Pollution, shale gas, State University of New York at Binghamton, SUNY Binghamton

Approximately 20 people in Pennsylvania lost their lives during a seven-year period because of particulate matter pollution emitted by shale gas wells, according to a recent study including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

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Fracking chemical may interfere with male sex hormone receptor

March 31, 2020 sarah Jonas ENDO 2020, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Endocrine Society, fracking, Infertility, Journal of the Endocrine Society

A chemical used in hydraulic fracturing, commonly called fracking, has the potential to interfere with reproductive hormones in men, according to research accepted for presentation at ENDO 2020, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting, and publication in a special supplemental section of the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

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Fracking prompts global spike in atmospheric methane

August 14, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Climate, Energy, Environment, fracking, Sustainability

As methane concentrations increase in the Earth’s atmosphere, chemical fingerprints point to a probable source: shale oil and gas, according to new Cornell University research published in Biogeosciences, a journal of the European Geosciences Union.