Ask the Doctors: Study links fracking to low birth weight
(WorldNews Health)

Dear Doctor: Fracking just started near my Ohio hometown, and I remember reading about a connection to the risk of having a baby with low birth weight. I want to get pregnant, but now I`m worried. How close do you have to be to a site to be affected?Dear Reader: `Fracking` is the common term for hydraulic fracturing, a drilling process that pumps fluid at ultra-high pressure deep into the earth. This fractures the underlying shale rock and makes the ......