Live near fracking? You’re more likely to report health problems, new study says
Danielle Paquette
Stephanie Tiongco says she knew something was wrong when her long, chestnut hair started falling out. Around the same time, she says, seven alpacas on her small farm mysteriously died.
The New Milford, Pa., resident blames both problems on one thing, an industry that’s contentious in her rural town and in Washington: fracking. “I used to sit on my front porch and look out at all this beautiful country. Now all I see is a gas pad.”
Tiongco, 57, recently filed a lawsuit against an Arkansas-based energy company that drills land a quarter-mile from her property. Southwestern Energy, she said, moved in two years ago and swiftly destroyed her livelihood: the alpaca farm and the dolls she handcrafts from alpaca fleece.
Southwestern Energy spokesperson Christina Fowler would not comment on the lawsuit but said the company “meets or exceeds” federal standards.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/09/10/live-near-fracking-youre-more-likely-to-report-health-problems-new-study-says/
Don't want fracking here in ny.
