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NYC_SKP

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1. No surprises here.
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 11:02 AM
Mar 2015

" 96 percent of papers published on health impacts indicate potential risks or adverse health outcomes "

Well, yeah, I'm surprised that it's not 100%, as the topic is "health impacts"

"Industry Influence Over EPA’s National Fracking Study"

Well, yeah, all industries try to influence all research when it impacts their business model and practices.

Now, the challenge is in what to do about all of this. As long as people want their big stupid trucks and plastic crap from Walmart, we are going to see fracking.
You can't just say "look how nasty this shit is!" and expect people to know what to do about it.

We have to, first, learn the subjective and scientific fact about all of this, and then strategize what to do about it.

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No surprises here. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #1
In other words ... Nihil Mar 2015 #3
May I cut and paste and share? MrMickeysMom Mar 2015 #2
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