The American Lung Association supports protective regulations
and state - of - the - art pollution controls, including leakage detection
and emissions monitoring, throughout the entire system
during the
exploration, extraction (including hydraulic fracturing), production, transmission, transport, refining
and use of
oil and natural
gas.
About a third of the human budget comes from fossil fuel
exploration, where methane leaks from
oil and gas wells
during drilling, the researchers said in a press release.