the comment has been made to me, most recently by my pulmonologist. He's grown increasingly concerned as his patient load has increased well beyond normal expectations. We have 21k wells in the county, more than a hundred already within city limits with several hundred more scheduled. The city and county governments are in a swoon over all the money, and sneeringly dismiss any concerns from citizens, even when those citizens are MDs with damned good reason to be worried about their patients.
This is my home, I was born here 66 years ago, and I well remember the air before it was filled with all this crap. I'm now on 4L of oxygen, my regulator only goes to 5L. My lung doctor routinely meets with MDs of other specialties as their numbers increase in concern. The company that provides my breathing equipment is seeing significant increase in customers, mostly among younger people. The hospital's pulmonary rehab clinic is packed.
Rather than casually dismissing their concerns (and mine), try looking beyond whatever drives your skepticism to find out what medical professionals in your own community think on the issue. I could offer a rather impressive stack of sources, but experience has taught that information coming from me is regarded as 'suspect' given what I'm dealing with; there's plenty of research available, please avail yourself of it without limiting your search to studies that confirm your denial.
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