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Wyoming, Halliburton agree to greater fracking disclosure
A legal settlement reached by environmental groups, Wyoming regulators and the oil services giant Halliburton will make it harder for companies to withhold information from the public about the chemicals used in fracking. Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming, Jan 26, 2015
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Cancer group warns on fracking
The Cancer Association of SA says about 150 of the chemicals that companies use in shale-gas fracking are known to cause cancer or disrupt the endocrine system, leading to possible birth defects. Cape Town Cape Times, South Africa. 23 January 2015.
http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/cancer-group-warns-on-fracking-1807779
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Study: New – and worrisome – contaminants emerge from oil and gas wells
Two hazardous chemicals never before known as oil and gas industry pollutants – ammonium and iodide – are being dumped and spilled into Pennsylvania and West Virginia waterways from the booming energy operations of the Marcellus shale, a new study shows. Daily Climate, Jan. 14, 2015.
http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2015/01/fracking-fluid-waste
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Five-state study finds high levels of airborne chemicals near oil and gas sites
Dirk DeTurck had a years-old rash that wouldn’t go away, his wife’s hair came out in chunks and any time they lingered outside their house for more than an hour, splitting headaches set in.
Center for Public Integrity, October 30, 2014.
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