In one study researchers found methane levels 17 times higher in drinking water near
fracking sites compared to those in non-drilling sites.
Not exact matches
They also
compared siblings born to the same mothers who lived near
fracking sites before and after it started.
Using records from more than 1.1 million births across Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2013, the researchers
compared infants born to mothers living near a drilling
site to those living farther away from a
site, before and after
fracking began at that
site.