Oil extraction for oral health: what the research tells us
Oil extraction for oral health: what the research tells us
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- The facts:
Fracking is having a negative impact on our environment and our health. Specifically for women, fracking can increase the risk of breast cancer, alter hormones and cause pregnancy problems.
- Reflect on:
If you live near areas where fracking is done, it is beneficial to think about how you can compensate or avoid some of these possible health problems. We can also be active in asking our governments to stop this procedure.
The article was originally published in karamariaananda.com/ and it is being republished here by the author.
One of the greatest growing threats to women's health today is the environmental and social devastation caused by fracking.
The landscape of the United States is changing irreversibly and quickly. For the past 20 years I have driven from coast to coast seven times and seen first-hand the increasing devastation caused to our environment by the boom of oil and gas wells, and 95% of the new wells. they are fracking
Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is increasing in the United States in a shocking way. This is the process of injecting pressurized water, sand and a dangerous cocktail of hundreds of industrial chemicals into oil or gas wells extracted from Earth to stimulate further production.
Today, more than 12 million people in the United States live less than half a mile from active oil and gas processing wells, facilities and processing plants, at the highest threat, including nearly 3 million children in schools and schools. day care centers.
Modern high-volume hydraulic fracturing was only developed 20 years ago, and in the last decade increased to a rapid fire rate due to advanced fracking technology and horizontal fracking practices, which even run just below homes and neighborhoods of communities across the country.
The long-term impact of fracking on our health is unknown and can take decades to really reveal, since diseases like cancer can take many years to develop, and the consequences of pregnant women who are exposed to extreme toxins will be transmitted to future generations
What a waste
A single fracking operation can use more than 9 million gallons of fresh water, and there are more than 1.3 million drilled oil and gas wells active in the United States today.
More than 700 chemicals are used in the drilling and fracking process and most are not disclosed due to patented trade secrets; however, many of the chemicals detected are known carcinogens and endocrine disruptors, and cause environmental contamination.
The wastewater from fracking is even more toxic and dangerous than the process itself, since it creates a huge volume of toxic radioactive fluid that must be removed somewhere and is not safe for humans, animals or the environment.
Water is usually transported in trucks to treatment plants to filter it or returned to the land by injection into deep wells at high pressures that can cause earthquakes and groundwater contamination, while a small amount recycle for other fracking operations.
In addition, there may be contamination of the environment by the leakage of fracking fluids from the thousands of trucks used to transport the toxic liquid from the drilling sites to the treatment plants and disposal wells. In some cases, these trucks travel extensively between states, such as the amount of fracking fluid used from Pennsylvania that is trucked to Ohio, which has deeper injection wells. In other cases, such as in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, the drilling fluids used are actually sprayed directly on public roads for melting.
There have been many recorded incidents of sewage spills and explosions, as well as illegal wastewater discharges and radioactive "filter media", which are used to separate solids from liquids after fracking.
Irreversible and immediate pollution of our water resources by fracking causes devastating environmental impacts and affects all life and future generations, while operations also cause significant air pollution and noise, as well as a large number of health problems .
Today we are facing a global water crisis, and billions of gallons of water are being destroyed and eliminated from our water system. However, the Safe Drinking Water Act of the United States, a federal law to protect public drinking water, does not apply to fracking operations, and fracking wastewater is exempt from federal hazardous waste regulations.
Water is the blood of the Earth that sustains all life, all plants, all people, and is recycled through the biosphere of our entire planet. Our health depends on access to fresh, clean water for drinking, eating and washing.
Hormonal chaos
One of the greatest dangers to human health from fracking byproducts is reproductive and developmental toxicity, which disproportionately affects the health of women in communities near gas and oil wells.
Due to the sensitivity of women's reproductive organs to environmental triggers, exposure to industrial chemicals can increase breast cancer, infertility and fetal abnormalities, among other complex systemic health problems.
The toxic soup created by fracking is full of endocrine disruptors that mimic female sex hormones and alter hormones. This can result not only in reproductive and developmental problems, but can also interfere with immune functioning and cause neurological disorders.
Fracked Up
Fracking has a negative impact on the health of women on many levels, from the destruction of our homes and the environment, the contamination of water, air, food and land, to large-scale sexual trafficking, aggressions and prostitution that occur in "men's camps" in general. Oil production sites.
It should be noted that the term "frack" has also become a slang word to have sex or take advantage of someone. This exemplifies the connection between the violent violation of Earth's natural resources and fossil fuels, with the abuse of women's bodies, health, sexuality and lives, even in one's own name.
The intensive oil and gas drilling and fracking operations bring thousands of workers to the areas, which are mostly transient unmarried young men, and many registered sex offenders, resulting in a drastic increase in violence, murder, rape, prostitution and sex trafficking in place. regions.
The male workers are housed in vast "men's camps", which are often large areas of mobile homes, motor homes and barracks established by the energy corporations.
In North Dakota, more than 100,000 men have flooded in recent years to settle in the Bakken Shale men's camps, which has led to an increase in violence and sexual assault, especially against indigenous women and youth. the region, many of whom have been victims of rape, assault and sex trafficking.
Native women and children are being killed and disappearing at a devastating rate, due to the complacency of the oil companies, and the government is not doing anything about it.
Sex trafficking is a crime against humanity, which affects women, children, families and communities, and disproportionately affects the indigenous population. Due to the proximity of reservations to male camps and the reduction of the capacity of prosecutors in native governments, cases are less likely to be tried, even if a sexual abuser is known and identified.
Studies have also shown higher rates of sexually transmitted infections in areas with fracking. Research at the Yale School of Public Health has shown that Ohio counties with large-scale fracking have 21% higher rates of gonorrhea and 19% higher rates of chlamydia than counties in the same state without high gas activity. shale.
Increased risk of breast cancer
New research has been published that shows that prenatal exposure to fracking chemicals caused the abnormal development of the mammary gland and precancerous lesions in female mice (endocrinology). The scientists tested several levels of chemical exposure in the mice, from the potency that would be found in drinking water in areas near fracking, to the level found in the wastewater pools at the sites, and each level resulted in abnormalities in the breasts.
In Texas, there are very high rates of breast cancer in counties that have active fracking sites, despite reductions at the state level in the overall rate of breast cancer. However, this is considered inconclusive evidence to show direct causality, and the Texas Department of State Health Services insists that there is no reason to worry.
Pregnancy problems
Proximity to fracking operations has been associated with multiple challenges with fertility, menstruation, pregnancy and child health. Exposure to fracking chemicals has been linked to a decrease in sperm count, spontaneous abortions, stillbirths, premature births and low birth weight.
Studies in Pennsylvania have found a 25% increase in low birth weight and a decrease in infant health in babies born to mothers living near active fracking sites. In response, a spokesman for the Marcellus Shale Coalition insisted that "it is dangerously misleading and inflammatory to suggest that the development of natural gas has done more than improve public health." (Science)
Tragically, the health problems arising from exposure to these chemicals during gestation periods are not always evident during pregnancy, childbirth or childhood, as seen in the mice in the breast cancer study, whose offspring do not developed breast lesions due to prenatal exposure to fracking chemicals. Until puberty and maturation.
Pass on the gas
It is absolutely essential that the government of the United States and concerned citizens work together to stop this violent destruction of our environment and our health due to fracking. Otherwise, we are prepared to experience a growing boom in oil and gas fracking, which will destroy our lands, homes, water, air, health and future, and will spread to new states.
Women are leading the way in environmental activism to address concerns about fracking, but they are more likely to be fired, belittled and threatened.
A study in the United Kingdom showed that 58% of men supported fracking, while only 31% of women did. In response, the president of UK Onshore Shale and Gas stated that the reason why more women opposed fracking was greater than men because they were more likely not to have an education and lacked an understanding of science. This kind of contemptuous sexism is widespread among supporters of fracking.
We must stop the spread of fracking in the USA. UU And invest in forms of renewable energy, get rid of the money of the big banks that support fossil fuels and demand that the US government. UU Protect our water, air and communities now.
It is clear that fracking disproportionately affects the health and lives of women, and women's health is a vital marker for the health and future of a nation. If we seek to grow a prosperous country, we must prioritize the welfare of women and protect children who are the future of this land.
This boom has been praised by energy companies and lobbyists as a response to the production of cheap and domestic energy, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and causing less air pollution than the coal industry. But is today's cheap energy worth thousands of years of radioactive waste, the destruction of our valuable water resources and the commitment to the health of our people?
Sources
2017 map of oil and gas activity in the US UU - Fractracker Alliance
The use of water increases as the fracking expands - Scientific American
Fracking Data Sheet - Honoring Earth
Do not thank our health - Action against breast cancer
Are breast cancer rates elevated near Texas fracking sites? - EcoWatch
Hydraulic Fracturing and Child Health: New Evidence from Pennsylvania - Science Advances
Extreme extraction and sexual violence against indigenous women in the Great Plains
State policies on the use of hydraulic fracturing waste as road defroster - OLR Investigation Report
Women linked to fall in support of shale gas extraction from the United Kingdom - The Guardian
Fracking? Women "do not understand science" - The Times
This article was originally published in http://karamariaananda.com/ and it is being republished here by the author.
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