December 17, 2013 08:17 AM UTC

High levels of Endocrine Disruptors at Fracking Spill sites in CO

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• by: Zappatero

Not surprised in the least:

Surface and ground water samples taken from hydraulic fracking sites in a drilling-dense area of Colorado showed higher levels of estrogenic, anti-estrogenic and anti-androgenic chemical activity than reference sites with limited drilling, researchers found.

Evidence of endocrine-disrupting activity in a selected subset of chemicals used in the controversial oil and natural gas extraction process was also shown in a study published online ahead of print in the journal Endocrinology.

Fracking Spill Sites Had Twice the EDCs

Water samples from drilling sites in Garfield County, Colo. that experienced fracking spills or accidents showed moderate to high levels of the endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC) activity, while samples from sites with little drilling showed very little activity, wrote Susan C. Nagel, PhD, of the University of Missouri in Columbia, and colleagues.

"We found no significant anti-androgenic activity at any of our control sites and significant anti-androgenic activity at all of the spill sites," Nagel told MedPage Today.

Was just thinking about our nation's fights against cigarette-caused cancers, nuclear energy and its toxic waste, HIV/AIDS, global climate change and now fracking. John Hickelooper will surely join those who said none of these were a problem and we shouldn't worry and corporations know best. And we shouldn't believe those silly scientists with their facts and studies and stuff.

Thank you, Governor Hickenlooper.