Living Near Fracking During Pregnancy Linked To Poorer Newborn Health

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Forbes
Dec 15, 2017 · 5 min read
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In this March 29, 2013, file photo, a worker helps monitor water pumping pressure and temperature, at a hydraulic fracturing and extraction site, outside Rifle, in western Colorado. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

By Tara Haelle

The closer pregnant women live to fracking sites, the greater the potential health risks may be to their developing fetus, suggests a new study published in Science Advances December 13. But the study has enough limitations to tamp down anxiety among expecting moms who live near fracking sites. It’s not necessary to run away from…

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