OIL FRACKING, PREMATURE BIRTHS LINKED IN NEW MOTHERS HEALTH STUDY – WHAT DOES THE EPA SAY?

OIL FRACKING, PREMATURE BIRTHS LINKED IN NEW MOTHERS HEALTH STUDY – WHAT DOES THE EPA SAY?

A new healthy steady has linked oil fracking and premature births together. Based on a multi-year study of babies born in Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health believes that hydraulic fracturing can be connected to high risk pregnancies in expectant mothers. But the real question is, why is there an increase in risk, and what does the EPA say about potential water contamination?

In a related report by the Inquisitr, it is believed oil fracking in the Midwest may be causing an increase in Oklahoma earthquakes along the fault lines. Based upon this concern, the Inquisitr interviewed several scientists to ask whether or not it’s possible that earthquakes induced by U.S. oil fracking could affect the Yellowstone supervolcano. But some companies believed that volcano fracking is a good way to produce alternative energy.

Many Americans may be surprised to hear that the United States oil production began beating even Saudi Arabia due to the growing fracking operations throughout the Midwest. Fracking for oil has become such big business that entire cities are springing up out of nothing, and many jobs are being created. In fact, the growth rate in U.S. oil production outpaces the next nine fastest growing countries combined. According to Oil Price, the shale oil industry has seen a pullback, though, and U.S. oil production peaked in April at 9.6 million barrels per day only to drop in productivity in recent times.

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