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Fracking and health: What we know from Pennsylvania's natural gas boom

  • Written by Sara G. Rasmussen, Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University

The fracking industry has been an energy success story: Natural gas prices have decreased as fracking has skyrocketed, and natural gas now produces more electricity than coal does, which has resulted in improved air quality. The first states to begin unconventional natural gas development with fracking have cited potential economic, energy and...

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