Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in water at fracking sites

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 10:35 in Health & Medicine

A study of hydraulic fracturing sites in Colorado finds substances that have been linked to infertility, birth defects and cancer.Water samples collected at Colorado sites where hydraulic fracturing was used to extract natural gas show the presence of chemicals that have been linked to infertility, birth defects and cancer, scientists reported Monday.

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