…The companies that drill in the region and officials who support the industry have long insisted that fracking is safe and well-regulated. But many residents, who have seen unfamiliar sicknesses invade their community over the past 20 years, now feel misled.
“We’re seeing more rare childhood cancers and brain tumors in adults,” said Borello, a mother of three, who lives in South Franklin Township, about 20 miles south-west of Cecil. “If you knew even one person 10 years ago with a brain tumor, everybody would be rallying around that person and trying to figure it out: ‘Oh my God, this is awful. How would this person get a brain tumor?’ Well, I can tell you probably 12 people off the top of my head right now that I know with brain tumors…”
Source: Rare cancers, full-body rashes, death: did fracking make their kids sick? | Fracking | The Guardian

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