Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Air and Water is a comprised of concerned citizens in Western Pennsylvania with a common goal of protecting Pennsylvania’s natural resources and the environment. Their main mission is to “raise awareness of the dangers of hydraulic fracturing on public health and the environment, and to halt any activity that threatens the quality of life of the residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”
On their website, there is a list called “List of the Harmed.” It is an ever-growing list of more than 5,500 individuals and families who have been harmed by fracking in the United States.
Some of the people included on the list are:
- Susan Wallace Babbs
Location: Parachute, CO
Gas Facility: Gas wells
Exposure: Air- benzene, tetrachloroetheneand 1,4-dichlorobenzene
Symptoms: Vomiting, diarrhea, lesions, pain, elevated heart rate
http://www.propublica.org/article/science-lags-as-health-problems-emerge-near-gas-fields
*Wallace Babbs’ symptoms mirror those reported by neighbors living near her ranch in Parachute, CO, and by dozens of residents of communities across the country that have seen the most extensive natural gas drilling. - Carl Stiles (deceased at age 46)
Location: Bradford County, PA
Gas Facility: Chesapeake gas wells
Exposure: Water – strontium, uranium and radium
Symptoms: Barium, arsenic, and VOCs (volatile organic chemicals) in blood, intestinal cancer, headaches, memory loss, and tremors
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/carl-stiles-fracking-activist-dies-aw
http://www.alternet.org/story/150527/%26quot%3Bthey_are_afraid_their_house_could_blow_up%26quot%3B%3A_meet_the_families_whose_lives_have_been_ruined_by_gas_drilling_%5Bphotos_by_award-winning_photographer_nina_berman%5D/?page=2
“There are so many people in Sugar Run who have water buffaloes…” Karen Trulove
Location: Silt, CO
Gas Facility: Gas wells
Exposure: Air- fumes, dust
Symptoms: Constant fatigue, headaches, nausea, fatigue and dizziness
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20061203/NEWS/112030061
*Among her neighbors, Karen Trulove counts a half-dozen who have removed the batteries from their smoke alarms after they tired of hearing them mysteriously activated. She believes they were tripped by unseen chemicals in the air.- Blancett Family
Location: San Juan County, NM
Gas Facility: Gas wells
Exposure: Water – leaks and spills
Symptoms (animal): Lost cows to toxic oil and gas waste; testing of sick cattle from the area by the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory in 2005 found petroleum in the hair of 54 out of 56 cows
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