New Data Will Help Colorado Study Health Effects Of Fracking

DENVER (AP) – New data on air pollution from fracking wells in Colorado will be a big help in assessing whether the emissions are harmful to human health, state officials say.
A three-year study released Tuesday measured methane – a greenhouse gas – and ozone-causing compounds that were released from new natural gas wells in western Colorado.
The research, by Colorado State University professor Jeff Collett, didn’t measure the emissions’ health effects, but state of