Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in water at fracking sites

[mitty14u2]

A study of hydraulic fracturing sites in Colorado finds substances that have been linked to infertility, birth defects and cancer.

Water samples collected at Colorado sites where hydraulic fracturing was used to extract natural gas show the presence of chemicals that have been linked to infertility, birth defects and cancer, scientists reported Monday.


The study, published in the journal Endocrinology, also found elevated levels of the hormone-disrupting chemicals in the Colorado River, where wastewater released during accidental spills at nearby wells could wind up.

Tests of water from sites with no fracking activity also revealed the activity of so-called endocrine-disrupting chemicals, or EDCs. But the levels from these control sites were lower than in places with direct links to fracking, the study found.


http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-fracking-health-20131217,0,5154343.story#axzz2nl9mpeR6

[sakabatou]

1. I wonder how many things people find until it gets banned (if ever)

[otohara]

2. People Slather Hormone Disrupting Chems

All over themselves every day...wash their clothes in them...don't get me started on Glade and Febreze. There's a glut of toxic chemical fragrances in thousands of products making us all sick.