Study: Chemicals Linked to Cancer, Birth Defects in Water Near Fracking Hotspots

Pipes pump water mixed with sand into a well, for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, at a well near Franktown, Colorado on April 12, 2011. (Photo: RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)The controversial oil and gas extraction process known as “fracking” employs dangerous chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects, and infertility that then contaminate ground and surface water … Continue reading Study: Chemicals Linked to Cancer, Birth Defects in Water Near Fracking Hotspots