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A dangerous new law signed by Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett takes away the rights of local governments to use zoning laws to regulate the location of natural gas drilling sites in their communities – even if those wells are adjacent to homes, schools, hospitals, parks or other public areas.
Even more concerning is a gag on doctors treating patients for suspected chemical exposure, all under the guise that the chemicals being injected into the ground are a “trade secret” -
By now gagging doctors who may discover health risks of fracking chemicals, Governor Corbett and his allies in the legislature are making sure that the public is kept in the dark as to the real consequences of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale.
Pennsylvania Law Gags Doctors Treating Patients for Fracking Chemical Exposures
EVANS CITY, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania woman says state environmental officials refused to do follow-up tests after their lab reported her drinking water contained chemicals that could be from nearby gas drilling.
At least 10 households in the rural Woodlands community, about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, have complained that recent drilling impacted their water in different ways.
Tests find possible gas drilling chemicals in Western Pa. well water | syracuse.com
At least two gas wells near a community that's complained of sudden drinking water pollution developed casing problems during the drilling process, but neither Rex Energy Corp. nor state environmental regulators disclosed those problems during recent discussions about the contamination.
W. Pa. gas wells had casing faults near neighborhood that's complained of water contamination
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Must be that darned EPA. Always wanting to help people and stop birth defects. What a dumb organization. They should be "macho", like the Republican Party and just "suck it up". So what are a few birth defects? We got 'em born. Isn't that enough? Anything else is "socialism".
Even more concerning is a gag on doctors treating patients for suspected chemical exposure, all under the guise that the chemicals being injected into the ground are a “trade secret” -
By now gagging doctors who may discover health risks of fracking chemicals, Governor Corbett and his allies in the legislature are making sure that the public is kept in the dark as to the real consequences of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale.
Pennsylvania Law Gags Doctors Treating Patients for Fracking Chemical Exposures
EVANS CITY, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania woman says state environmental officials refused to do follow-up tests after their lab reported her drinking water contained chemicals that could be from nearby gas drilling.
At least 10 households in the rural Woodlands community, about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, have complained that recent drilling impacted their water in different ways.
Tests find possible gas drilling chemicals in Western Pa. well water | syracuse.com
At least two gas wells near a community that's complained of sudden drinking water pollution developed casing problems during the drilling process, but neither Rex Energy Corp. nor state environmental regulators disclosed those problems during recent discussions about the contamination.
W. Pa. gas wells had casing faults near neighborhood that's complained of water contamination
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Must be that darned EPA. Always wanting to help people and stop birth defects. What a dumb organization. They should be "macho", like the Republican Party and just "suck it up". So what are a few birth defects? We got 'em born. Isn't that enough? Anything else is "socialism".