Toxic Soup of Harmful Chemicals Found in the Air Near Schools and Homes

It’s the same everywhere.

GMC Global Community Monitor

November 4, 2010
PRESS RELEASE
Toxic Soup of Harmful Chemicals Found in the Air Near Schools and Homes in the Four Corners

Recent air sampling conducted by citizens of the Four Corners region has found harmful levels of cancer-causing chemicals in the region’s air.

For the first time, neighbors of natural gas development projects in northwest New Mexico and southwest Colorado have joined together with the San Juan Citizens Alliance and an international air monitoring non-profit organization, Global Community Monitor, to test the air they are breathing. The independent air testing program, known as the “Bucket Brigade,” empowers pollution-affected residents to take scientifically credible samples using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved methods and laboratories.

An air sample was taken near Basin Disposal, Inc. in Bloomfield, New Mexico where several natural gas refineries and processing facilities are located. Air samples wer Mexico and at a third location adjacent to a natural gas well and compressor site at Cow Canyon in La Plata County, Colorado. The three air samplings detected more than 20 different toxic chemicals. MORE…

Heads up Dallas and Southlake. Here is a video of an XTO well

You might notice that some of the pictures in the video look familiar. No one asked me if they could use my photos but that’s okay. What’s mine is yours. Steal anything you want and put it to good use.