Fracking Pollutes Air Hundreds of Miles Away from Drilling Sites

The introduction of fracking, a deep-drilling process that uses a high-pressure stream of water to release natural gas from deep inside the Marcellus Shale formation, has led to a massive boom for the natural gas and oil industries. But for many others, the fracking boom has meant sickness and hardship. A growing body of evidence suggests that fracking causes air and water pollution and could present a wide range of risks to human health.

Several studies have shown that people who live close to fracking wells suffer from the effects of air and water pollution. But new research has emerged to …read more