The American Institute of Stress
estimates job stress costs $ 300 billion annually due to absenteeism, turnover, decreased productivity and other costs.
The socioeconomic section of the SGEIS faced a huge amount of criticism when it was released because it concentrated on positive economic impacts while not giving any
estimates of costs incurred to municipalities or the state or any treatment of the socioeconomic
stresses seen in other areas where wide - spread drilling has occurred, such as higher rents, noise, higher crime rates, increased traffic, and loss of
jobs in other sectors.