Study Finds Higher Rates of Premature Birth Near Fracking Sites

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By SoulskillOct 10, 2015, 9:30 am270 pts
An anonymous reader writes: Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have published a study (abstract) noting that pregnant women are more likely to give birth prematurely if they live close to fracking sites. The researchers used data from 40 counties in Pennsylvania, in which…

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