wastewater contamination

Fracking pollutes the water; chemicals contribute to breast cancer by causing uncontrolled cell division

March 22, 2018 -

Posted by Edsel Cook

(Natural News) Laboratory mice are subject to many of the vulnerabilities that affect humans. So, when a recently-released study warns that female lab mice developed pre-cancerous growths in their mammary glands after they were exposed to high levels of chemicals used for fracking, it stands to reason there’s something toxic about those chemicals. The study […]

in: Cancer, Environment, Environment, Fossil fuel, Fracking, Toxic chemicals

Fracking chemicals found to cause changes in breast tissue

March 20, 2018 -

Posted by Edsel Cook

(Natural News) The chemicals used in fracking and other unconventional oil and gas (UOG) extraction processes are reported to be linked t0 potentially cancerous growths in the mammary glands of female mice. The lab animals were deliberately exposed at a young age to chemical levels considered detrimental to the environment. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst published their findings in the journal Endocrinology. Earlier studies exposed […]

in: Cancer, Environment, Fossil fuel, Fracking, Toxic chemicals

Community in Virginia seeks water pollution resolution from mega meat producer Tyson foods

March 5, 2018 -

Posted by Edsel Cook

(Natural News) Tyson Foods rejected the adoption of a water stewardship policy, reported a WMDT news article, even as concerned residents of a Virginia county demanded the world’s second-biggest meat producer clean up its act. Shareholders gathered at Tyson’s headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas for an annual meeting to discuss and vote on company policy. One […]

in: Animals, Corporations, Environment, Environment, Food, Toxic Water