I have another primary candidate all picked out, thanks, Joe.

[redqueen]

12. This comment is alarming.

"I think we should in fact be looking at what exists now and making a judgment whether or not the those in fact that are there, those wells that are there, whether or not they are dangerous, whether or not they have already done the damage,” Biden said.

Unbelievable. Maybe he should reach out to PSR if he's somehow still not aware of the facts.

This is a great example of the kind of 'we should look into that' political response that makes people hate and distrust politicians.

A NEW FRACKING LANDSCAPE: REPORT ON RECENT SCIENCE SHOWS OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE OF HARM
03/13/2018

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL GROUPS RAISE ALARM THAT BUILD-OUT OF DRILLING AND FRACKING OPERATIONS IS CREATING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. EXPERTS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Elana Simon, Communications Manager, Physicians for Social Responsibility
[e-mail], 202-681-9169

As incontrovertible evidence of harm from fracking mounts and more health professionals raise the alarm, the fracking debate is taking place within an altered landscape. Today, as a growing body of scientific evidence confirms demonstrable health risks and harms from drilling and fracking operations and their attendant infrastructure, calls from the medical community for health-protective policies are growing louder. A new report by two leading health professional organizations—Physicians for Social Responsibility and Concerned Health Professionals of New York—tracks and analyzes the rapidly emerging science that points to the increasing dangers to health, including respiratory disease, cancer risk, and low birth weight and preterm birth, both of which are leading causes of infant death.

This evidence is of grave concern to health professionals, especially given that over 17 million Americans now live within a mile of an active oil or gas well. This population includes over a million young children and a million elderly people, two groups with special vulnerabilities to air pollution and contaminated water. Other studies show harm to infants born to mothers who live near drilling and fracking operations during their pregnancies. If carried out, the Trump administration’s plans to roll back federal regulations and expand fracking on public lands will further exacerbate these harmful impacts.

The new report, the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking, 5th Edition compiles and summarizes an avalanche of recent studies. Of more than 1,300 studies published on the effects of drilling and fracking, more than 90 percent have been published since 2013, and about a quarter were published in 2017 alone.

Several experts are available, upon request, for interviews about the new report and the issue more broadly.

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https://www.psr.org/blog/2018/03/13/a-new-fracking-landscape-report-on-recent-science-shows-overwhelming-evidence-of-harm/