Remote Sensing and Mapping for Environmental Conservation. With eyes in the sky, researchers try to link fracking and illness. Secrets secrets are no fun With eyes in the sky, researchers try to link fracking and illness Fracking has long been the oil and natural gas industry’s best kept secret – in particular, the chemicals found in fracking fluids, which have been linked to a host of weird mystery ailments, like respiratory or gastrointestinal distress.
Tracking Frackers From the Sky. Ever since the natural gas boom took off in Pennsylvania in 2006, some people living near the drilling rigs have complained of headaches, gastrointestinal ailments, skin problems and asthma.
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