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Shell’s Pennsylvania Chemical Plant Brings Hope for Jobs, Fear of Pollution

Reid Frazier·July 14, 2017

Shell’s ethane cracker is scheduled to begin construction later this year. Many in the region worry what impact the plant--and others that might be built in the future--will have on the region’s air.

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Tiny Particles of Pollution Increase the Risk of Premature Death in Older Americans

Rebecca Williams·July 7, 2017

Long-term exposure to certain kinds of air pollution increases the risk of premature death in Americans over 65 years old. And that finding holds true even at levels of air pollution below national standards.

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Study: Some Highly Fluorinated Chemicals are Harder to Filter From Water

Rebecca Williams·June 23, 2017

Researchers have found a family of chemicals called highly fluorinated compounds are contaminating drinking water around the country. Now they’re trying to figure out whether filters really work to remove these chemicals from water.

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$A flare from a fracking well burns off excess gas near a home.$

Concerned About How Fracking is Affecting Your Health? This Organization Can Help

Kara Holsopple·June 23, 2017

If you believe your health has been, or could be, impacted by industry pollution, one place to start is this organization. Staffed with doctors, nurses and public health scientists, the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project helps people and communities protect themselves.

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On Health Effects, Blame the Trucks, Not the Fracking?

Reid Frazier·June 16, 2017

Scientists have linked fracking with health issues for people who live near gas wells. Many wonder whether the fracking process itself is to blame. But one researcher thinks the problem might have nothing to do with fracking, but rather something we see so often, we hardly ever notice it.

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Can This Green Method Of Disposing Leftover Drilling Water Beat A Hole In The Ground?

Mark Nootbar·June 16, 2017

Since energy companies have been fracking, they've been trying to figure out the best way to deal with the chemical and mineral-laced water that gurgles out of the wells. Some of the wastewater is transported to Ohio where it is injected thousands of feet into the ground, and where it's been known to cause earthquakes. But a new company in thinks it can do better by building on an old technology.

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Children Who Live Near Polluters Have Twice The Risk For Asthma

Liz Reid·June 9, 2017

According to a new study, about 35 percent of kids who live near sources of pollution in Allegheny County have asthma. The national asthma rate is about 8 percent. The pollution, and the asthma it causes, have far-reaching consequences in a child’s life.

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It’s Not Paris or Pittsburgh. It’s the Planet.

Reid Frazier·June 9, 2017

President Trump fulfilled one of his biggest campaign promises in taking the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord. But could his decision lead to more climate action, not less?

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Sharing Stories to Fight Pollution

Julie Grant·June 9, 2017

What do you do when you worry that pollution from a local industrial plant is making people in your town sick, and you want to do something about it? It can help to talk to someone who has been down that road. The Allegheny Front connected people from two Allegheny County communities in different stages of this shared experience, and sat in on their conversation.

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Can a Town Prove That Its Health Problems Are Caused by Pollution?

Julie Grant·June 2, 2017

Clairton sits in the shadow of US Steel's massive Clairton Coke Works. There's a growing concern among residents that the plant's emissions are causing asthma and cancer. But can a town prove that pollution is causing its health problems?

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