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Eagle Ford Shale Health Impacts

August 8, 2016 By Priscilla Villa

In a recent article written by San Antonio Express-News reporter Jennifer Hiller, she poses the question, Is the Eagle Ford oil boom making people sick? The question remains, is it making people sick? Some might be tempted to answer this question … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eagle Ford Shale, Environmental Injustice, health, Texas Environment, TX Tagged With: Eagle Ford Shale, health, Karnes County, oil and gas

Fracking kids won’t make your kids proud

December 26, 2015 By TXsharon

fracking kids

Fracking kids Happy holidays. The frackers gave me a present on Christmas Eve. It's rather sad and pathetic. When Dave Quast appeared on the California fracking scene as Senior Director for FTI Consulting, singing the praises of all things … [Read more...]

Filed Under: fracking's Joe Camel, health

Another worker death: Fracking fatal vapors

September 20, 2015 By TXsharon

Fracking fatal vapors

  Another worker death from fracking fatal vapors David Simpson died in Oklahoma where the medical examiner listed Simpson's cause of death as unknown but failed to do an autopsy that could have discovered the cause. Simpson was found slumped … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, health, Methane

Deadly hydrocarbon fumes and fracking too close to homes

September 15, 2015 By TXsharon

Deadly Hydrocarbon Fumes

First get some tissues. Next: Read this tragic story about workers killed by deadly hydrocarbon fumes: How shale oil can kill Mike Soraghan, E&E reporter EnergyWire: Monday, September 14, 2015 When Joe Morales found him, Jim Freemyer was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, health

Eagle Ford Shale fracking video: Silica sand exposure during hydraulic fracturing

September 7, 2015 By TXsharon

Happy Labor Day! This video was filmed in Karnes County Texas on August 24, 2015, at 8:42 PM near the intersection of FM 2102 and FM 626. OSHA has issued a warning that silica sand exposure during hydraulic fracturing is a health hazard to workers. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Frack Sand, health

Recent fracking news roundup

July 30, 2015 By TXsharon

Fracking news roundup

Recent fracking news roundup all in one place. I can't stay on top of the news like I did in the past because there is too much and I'm way busy. So sometimes I have gather it up and dump it in all at once. This news ain't pretty. Frackquakes When … [Read more...]

Filed Under: earthquakes, frackquakes, health

Fracking KILLS BABIES

June 22, 2015 By TXsharon

Fracking-kills-babies

Fracking kills babies. There are no mythical economic benefits worth killing our babies. What's Killing the Babies of Vernal, Utah? A fracking boomtown, a spike in stillborn deaths and a gusher of unanswered questions By Paul Solotaroff June … [Read more...]

Filed Under: HB 40, health

Fracking Impacts Presented to NATO Parliamentary Assembly

February 9, 2015 By TXsharon

At first, no one in Texas thought fracking was a bad idea. Only after directly experiencing fracking impacts, did minds change. NATO Parliamentary Assembly learns about fracking impacts. In 2013, Deborah Lawrence and I were invited to give … [Read more...]

Filed Under: health

Several days worth of devastating fracking news

November 25, 2014 By TXsharon

I need to recap the recent bad news for fracking because it's coming fast and furious and I will need to find it later. First, listen to my favorite fracking song. The Trade by Anne Hills. +++ Why the Scientific Case Against Fracking Keeps … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, Bakken Shale, Barnett Shale, health, Uncategorized

A Medical Perspective on Oil and Gas Development

November 3, 2014 By TXsharon

This is a presentation given in Mansfield, TX by Anne C. Epstein MD, FACP Lubbock TX Board of Health. This presentation clearly shows that fracking is a serious threat to health and should never be in neighborhoods. Health Risks of Oil and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: health

Fracking emissions bad enough to cause death or severe health impacts

October 29, 2014 By TXsharon

The fact that breathing hydrocarbons can be lethal should not surprise anyone. Breathing hydrocarbons kills babies and adult oilfield workers. What you may not realize is that these same hydrocarbons are in the air venting from the oil and gas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Denton, health Tagged With: Bakken Shale, Barnett Shale, Denton, fracking, public health

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