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Fracking Sand May Pose Health Hazard To Workers, Residents
by  Lynne PeeplesThe Huffington Post
November 16th, 2012
The first time Bill Ferullo saw the white plumes drifting from a natural gas fracking site, he got out of his car to take pictures.

PHILADELPHIA: Air Quality Concerns Threaten Natural Gas's Image
by Elizabeth ShogrenNPR
June 21st, 2011
Massive stores of natural gas that lie underneath big portions of the United States offer a cleaner source of electricity to a country that relies heavily on coal, but producing all that gas also can pump lots of pollution into the air.

Testing reinforces air quality findings
by Jan AdamPittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 9th, 2003
'Bucket brigade' answers some questions, raises others

Understanding Clean Air Act
by Jan AdamPittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 9th, 2003
The county Health Department has been relying on the bucket brigade to monitor for benzene and acrylonitrile because of the way the Clean Air Act breaks down responsibility for identifying chemicals in the air.





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