Study: Benzene byproducts found in pregnant women near fracking sites

A Montreal study of exposure to high levels of benzene during pregnancy raises concerns about the risks for childhood leukemia.
A team of Université de Montréal researchers looking at a small sample of 29 women living near major natural-gas well sites found high levels of toxins in their urine.  
Researchers found they had 3.5 times more benzene byproducts in their urine than the average person in Canada. But in nearly half the participants, 14 of them Indigenou