Birth Defects and Mothers’ Proximity to Natural Gas Development: Is There a Connection?
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Birth Defects and Mothers’ Proximity to Natural Gas Development: Is There a Connection?
More than 15 million Americans are now estimated to live within one mile of a natural gas well drilled since 2000. Research has demonstrated that natural gas development results in the emission of pollutants that include suspected developmental toxicants, such as benzene, toluene, and xylenes, 2 although few studies have investi gated the public health impact of these emissions. In this issue ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.122-a109