Living Near A Fracking Site Is A Risk Factor For Underweight Babies
(World News Science)

Powerful new evidence has emerged of damage from living near fracking sites. Women who live within 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) of a fracking well are more likely to have underweight babies, a common marker of poor health. The effect is strongest for those living within a kilometer (0.6 miles) of a site. Fracturing of rocks using water, sand, and undisclosed chemicals, known as fracking, to get at oil and gas beneath has exploded in the last decade as new technologies have...