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Professor Ring on Shale Gas to Baxter: Fracking for Wealth not Fracking for Health: Fracking for Wealth not Fracking for Health

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Professor Ring on Shale Gas to Baxter: Fracking for Wealth not Fracking for Health: Fracking for Wealth not Fracking for Health

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Professor Ring on Shale Gas to Baxter: Fracking for Wealth not Fracking for Health: Fracking for Wealth not Fracking for Health

Professor Ring on Shale Gas to Baxter: Why are we DYING to buy Shale GasProfessor James ...

Professor Ring on Shale Gas to Baxter: Why are we DYING to buy Shale Gas
Professor James ...: Why are we DYING to buy Shale Gas Professor  James W.  Ring ,  Professor  Emeritus of nuclear physics at Hamilton College, has confirm...

Fracking for Wealth not Fracking for Health

Professor Ring on Shale Gas to Baxter: Why are we DYING to buy Shale GasProfessor James ...

Professor Ring on Shale Gas to Baxter: Why are we DYING to buy Shale Gas
Professor James ...: Why are we DYING to buy Shale Gas Professor  James W.  Ring ,  Professor  Emeritus of nuclear physics at Hamilton College, has confirm...

Why are we DYING to buy Shale Gas

Professor James W. Ring, Professor Emeritus of nuclear physics at Hamilton College, has confirmed, in his testimony to the NYS DEC, the dangers of inhaled radon and the likelihood that shale gas extracted from the Marcellus will deliver radon into residences at point of use. The Spectra pipeline will deliver Marcellus shale gas from nearby Pennsylvania to New York City homes, increasing the risk that residents will inhale radon when turn on their gas appliances.

Professor Ring explains:

This is a serious health hazard when radon is breathed into the lungs and lodges there to decay, doing damage to the lung’s tissue and eventually leading to lung cancer. Next to smoking, radon is the most potent cause of lung cancer 35,000 per annum in USA.  

The radon and natural gas coming from the shale mix together, and travel together, as the gas is piped to customers.

Radon gets into the indoor environment as gas appliances are turned on.

Radon gas, which is not absorbed by the skin, is present in many circumstances. When present outdoors or in well-ventilated areas, it is not generally a concern. It becomes dangerous when inhaled, which is more likely in small or poorly-ventilated rooms, such as the typical New York City kitchen. Many apartment kitchens do not have windows, and residents often seal vents to avoid neighbours’ cooking odours.

Radon is released with methane during the extraction process of hydrofracking. This is true wherever fracking is done.

The shale and gas in the Marcellus areas of Pennsylvania has proven to be more highly radioactive than other, more distant shale plays, which have previously supplied New York’s gas. Radon is more of a concern the closer the supply, because there is less time for the radioactivity to dissipate. It is estimated that gas from Pennsylvania would travel to NYC within one day’s time. During winter months, when demand is higher, gas is delivered faster, and, with apartment windows tending to be closed, the risk would be even greater. 

Baxter My own research shows that the future for everyone is coal that has been turned into a gas and all the dangerous by products removed. We have enough of this completely safe fuel to power the world without the need for oil and shale gas. These people are prepared to kill their own families for money. 

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