Exposure to wastewater from natural gas fracking has violent effects on livestock and other animals, a new study shows (h/t Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Pipeline).
In the latest evidence demonstrating the domestic natural gas goldrush has put the U.S. in uncharted environmental territory, Cornell University's Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald found that chemicals used in the drilling process (the exact nature of which are trade secrets, they report) often end up in nearby watertables.
Animals exposed to this water, whether through ingestion, respiration or skin contact, have experienced major neurological, digestive, respiratory and reproductive problems. In one extreme case, 17 cows were killed in one hour when fracking fluid was directly released into a pasture.
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