A new study has found a troubling link between fracking in Northeastern BC, and chemical contamination in nearby homes.
Conducted by Elyse Caron-Beaudoin at the University of Toronto, the study took samples from the homes of 85 pregnant women in the Peace Region.
Pregnant women were used in the study due to the heightened risk of negative affects.
In the study, researchers found that the amount of certain chemical contaminants in the homes were higher in those closer to natural gas well sites.
The chemicals discovered are the same as those used in the fracking process.
While they cannot say for sure whether fracking caused the elevated levels, they claim there is a clear association.
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