Fracking well nearby? You’re more likely to suffer from heart disease – study
The increased number of hydraulic fracturing ‒ or fracking ‒ wells in
an area is associated with rising hospital visits, researchers in
Pennsylvania found. Cardiac hospitalizations were 27 percent higher in
those locations over a five-year period.
Researchers from the an area is associated with rising hospital visits, researchers in
Pennsylvania found. Cardiac hospitalizations were 27 percent higher in
those locations over a five-year period.
University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and Columbia
University’s Mailman School of Public Health analyzed 95,000 inpatient
records for over 198,000 hospitalizations in three northeastern
Pennsylvania counties, making it "one of the most comprehensive to date to link health effects with hydraulic fracturing," the study’s authors said in a statement. They looked at both the prevalence rates within each zip code of 25 specific medical categories and of active fracking wells.
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