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Pennsylvania Families Exposed to Unusually High Levels of Oil and Gas Industry Chemicals, Report Finds


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Mar 3, 2021 @ 15:32
A groundbreaking four-part report by Environmental Health News (EHN) offers new scientific evidence that living near oil and gas development can expose people to a wide array of hazardous and carcinogenic chemicals not just those living near shale drilling and fracking, but also those living near older conventional oil and gas wells.
The two-year EHN investigation sought to fill in a gap in the scientific understanding of fracking and chemical exposures by undertaking some research themselves, under the guidance of scientific advisors and with approval from an Independent Review Board. They collected air, water, and urine samples from five Pennsylvania families and sent the samples off to researchers at the University of Missouri for analysis. Those tested also wore personal air monitors for up to eight hours on most days samples were collected. The testing cost the publication an average of $12,000 per family, reporter Kristina Marusic sa ....

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Oil, Gas, And Fracking News Reads: 06March 2021


Here are some selected news articles from the week ended 06 March 2021. Part 2 is available here.
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Fuel supplies drop most on record as US oil refining collapses, leading to largest ever jump in oil supplies
Refinery utilization at an all time low, 10% lower than it s ever been; oil refined is least on record; record jump in oil inventories, record drop in gasoline inventories; distillates production at a 26 year low, distillates inventories drop most in 18 years; largest jump in oil imports in 39 weeks. ....

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$303 Million To Child Care Industry Will Help, But Full Recovery Is Still Months Away


90.5 WESA s The Confluence for Thursday, March 4, 2021
On today s program: The executive director of Trying Together explains the state of the region’s child care industry, and how $303 million from the Wolf Administration could help; Environmental Health News found five southwestern Pennsylvania families were exposed to unhealthy levels of chemicals associated with oil and gas production; and how glitches in the distribution of the state’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance has caused series issues for some in the Commonwealth.
Trying Together executive director hopes vaccines and confidence can help industry recover
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is allocating $303 million to support child care providers who have endured a year of challenges and changes.  The money comes from the federal pandemic aid package signed into law in late December. ....

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