Fracking Industry Wells Associated With Premature Birth – Study

‘Expectant women living near active natural-gas wells operated by the fracking industry in Pennsylvania are at an increased risk of giving birth prematurely and having high-risk births, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Brian S. Schwartz, a professor of environmental science at the Bloomberg School, and his colleagues studied health records of 9,384 mothers who gave birth to 10,946 babies between January 2009 and January 2013 throughout 40 Pennsylvania counties. They also analyzed data about local fracking wells including their depth and amount of gas being extracted.

The team then created an index of how active the wells were and how close they were to pregnant women.’

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