Exposure to fracking and its effects is 'a major public health concern,' said study co-author DezielLab_yale.
Kenny StancilAdding further evidence of the negative public health impacts associated with planet-heating fossil fuel pollution, new research published Wednesday found that children living in close proximity to fracking and other so-called"unconventional" drilling operations at birth face significantly higher chances of developing childhood leukemia than those not residing near such activity.
Researchers compared 405 children ages 2 to 7 who were diagnosed with ALL in Pennsylvania between 2009 and 2017 to a control group of 2,080 children without leukemia matched on birth year. They measured the connection between in utero exposure to unconventional oil and gas activity and childhood leukemia diagnoses in two exposure windows: a"primary window" of three months pre-conception to one year prior to diagnosis and a"perinatal window" of pre-conception to birth.
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