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Study Shows No Correlation Between Fracking And Measles Asthma
2016-07-20
[Daily Caller] A new study published Monday found no link between hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and asthma, despite numerous claims a link did exist in media coverage of the study.
It makes my lumbago act up.
USA Today, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and CBS News all claimed the study directly linked fracking to asthma, when the authors of the study openly state they have no data to show fracking causes asthma or make symptoms worse.
It causes bunions, too. You should see the people who live near it hobbling around!
The data shows counties with the most asthma have little to no fracking. The study was directly funded by a foundation with close ties to an environmental movement -- the official position of which is anti-fracking.
They started fracking near me and I got a butt boil. Boy, did that hurt!
"News outlets were quick to link fracking to asthma even though the authors admitted they do not have the data to support it," Dr. Katie Brown, a spokeswoman for the energy industry group Energy In Depth, told The Daily Caller News Foundation." That important caveat was purposely buried in the study, and not part of the press release. Unfortunately, the media wrote what the researchers wanted them to write, I suppose, because it’s easier to be a stenographer than a researcher."
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  if counties with the most asthma have little or no fracking, perhaps fracking inhibits asthma. This would indeed be a link between asthma and fracking.
Posted by: Omusomble Unusose7363   2016-07-20 10:30  

#3  It harms the feelings of the other livestock --- look up cognitive dissonance, Besoeker.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-07-20 08:34  

#2  Cattle are stupid. They will drink crude oil from a pipeline or tank leak until the fall over dead. Same goes for fracking chemical spills. As far as I know, well injection miles deep into the earth has not yet been proven to harm livestock. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-07-20 08:32  

#1  Test for cow's milk, you'll find a link.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2016-07-20 08:17  

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