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New Study Finds Elderly People Living Near Fracking Sites Run a Higher Risk of Dying Prematurely

A hydraulic fracturing operation at a Marcellus Shale well.
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A hydraulic fracturing operation at a Marcellus Shale well.

A new study has found that older Americans living near fracking activities have a higher chance of dying prematurely than those who don’t. For StateImpact Pennsylvania, the Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier reports.

Read the full story at: https://www.alleghenyfront.org/study-finds-elderly-medicare-near-fracking-sites-at-higher-risk-of-dying-prematurely/

(Original air-date: 2/5/22)

Reid R. Frazier covers energy for The Allegheny Front. His work has taken him as far away as Texas and Louisiana to report on the petrochemical industry and as close to home as Greene County, Pennsylvania to cover the shale gas boom. His award-winning work has also aired on NPR, Marketplace and other outlets.