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Companies that frack for oil and gas can keep a lot of information secret – but what they disclose shows widespread use of hazardous chemicals

  • Written by Vivian R. Underhill, Postdoctoral Researcher in social Science and Environmental Health, Northeastern University
Companies that frack for oil and gas can keep a lot of information secret – but what they disclose shows widespread use of hazardous chemicalsA deep injection well used for disposal of fracking wastewater in Kern County, Calif.Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

From rural Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, more than 17 million Americans live within a mile of at least one oil or gas well. Since 2014, most new oil and gas wells have been fracked.

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