URGE YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO COMMIT TO PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMUNITIES
More and more research shows that people living and working near fracking infrastructure are more likely to have their health negatively impacted than those who don’t. Known health risks posed by shale gas and petrochemical site emissions affect the respiratory, cardiovascular, and reproductive systems, just to name a few. Children and the elderly are particularly vulnerable to the air pollution emitted by fracking wells, compressor stations, and processing plants. Carcinogens and toxic chemicals known to affect the central nervous system have been found in the air near shale gas infrastructure. Protective buffer distances are needed, and those distances should be based on the most up-to-date science and health studies.
