Important state study that will definitely become part of the debate about oil and gas drilling on Colorado's Front Range.https://twitter.com/ByJohnFrank/status/1184911957716942848 …
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The "first-of-its-kind study shows that people who live near oil and gas drilling operations in Colorado are at risk of experiencing short-term health impacts such as nausea, headaches and dizziness."
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Part of what makes this study significant is that it was commissioned by the state of Colorado under former Gov. John Hickenlooper. Critics have long claimed that he was too easy on oil gas.
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Industry officials have long pointed to a past state study that found “no substantial or moderate evidence for any health effects" related to living near fracking projects.
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@ByJohnFrank writes, the new report found that health risks reach as far as 2,000 feet from a drilling site — raising questions about whether the state’s current 500-foot buffer between homes and drilling operations is large enough to protect public health.Show this thread -
We examined this question last year, with a focus on a middle school that is 800 feet from a 24-well fracking project.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/us/colorado-fracking-debates.html …
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