Environmental costs, health risks, and benefits of fracking examined

Saturday, September 13, 2014 - 03:30 in Health & Medicine

Rising supplies of natural gas could benefit the environment by replacing coal as a fuel for electricity, but hydraulic fracturing poses dangers for people living near the wells, a new analysis finds.

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