A recent study with mice adds to concerns over the impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, revealing links between exposure to fracking chemicals in utero and an impaired immune system. Around 200 chemicals have been found in groundwater in fracking-dense areas, and scientists just connected 23 to reproductive and developmental defects. Study lead Paige Lawrence of the University of Rochester Medical Center said in a statement, "This discovery opens up new avenues of research to identify, and...
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