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Hollowed out
21 Mar 2024 12:20 GMT
… styrene and phthalates, both commonly used in hydraulic fracturing. All showed … emissions. That method of hydraulic fracturing— the technology employed … noted EQT had been fracking the pad for … between hazardous air pollutants, fracking and poor health.
“Kick …
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How Pittsburgh-based EQT’s expansion in West Virginia set four families reeling, while state regulators trusted the company to answer their complaints
04 Mar 2024 11:21 GMT
… expanded its natural gas fracking operations in Knob Fork … styrene and phthalates, both commonly used in hydraulic fracturing. All showed … not start until the fracking.”
“This community needs … between hazardous air pollutants, fracking and poor health.
“Kick …
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Not-so-fantastic plastic: Europe is ready to shake up the plastics industry to resolve its failure to recycle
19 Mar 2018 16:14 GMT
… lead and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate are already knowingly present in … and a reluctance to embrace hydraulic fracturing, as the U.S. has …
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Recent Federal Developments for December 16, 2024
17 Dec 2024 19:02 GMT
… butyl phthalate (BBP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP … in mining applications, and in fracking fluids. Methyl isobutyl carbinol is …
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For Boston College public health expert, a treaty on plastics is a matter of morality
11 Dec 2024 11:03 GMT
… harms people who live around fracking wells, oil wells and production … a pregnant mom gets phthalates into her body — phthalates are chemical widely …
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The Mega-Crisis of Microplastics in Our Drinking Water
25 Nov 2024 18:20 GMT
… plastic, including hormone disruptors like phthalates, Bisphenol A (BPA), and flame … throughout their lifecycle, from the fracking that furnishes plastics’ main ingredients …
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Microplastics are sickening and killing wildlife, disrupting Earth systems
21 Nov 2024 16:17 GMT
… disease.
An earlier collaboration linked phthalates circulating in the dolphins’ blood … pollution and carbon released from fracking and drilling operations to source … . (2022). A correlational analysis of phthalate exposure and thyroid hormone levels …
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Could microplastics found in penises affect fertility and sperm count?
27 Jun 2024 01:05 GMT
… 2000 with the introduction of fracking (in the US) and has … exposure to endocrine disruptors, like phthalates.
“And since these chemicals are …
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Plastic chemicals are inescapable—and they’re messing with our hormones
25 Mar 2024 13:41 GMT
… EDCs found in plastics include phthalates, used to make the material … throughout the plastic life cycle. Fracking for oil and gas—the … to endocrine disruptors including benzene, phthalates, and bisphenols.
So far, these …