First I got a letter from the Eagle Ford Shale describing rashes, nosebleeds and misery.
Then I received another letter.
Today I received an email.
We ended up at hospital on Turkey day. I’ve been sick since then. I can’t put into words,because there are no words to express my anger of being placed into this hell with no escape. Each new flare or rig put up around my home leaves me standing there staring and crying.
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Oh, what a shame. It’s the gas patch in Tx. Lucky you’re not in Booger County!
Hazardous air pollutants detected near fracking sites
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/12/04/hazardous-air-pollutants-detected-near-fracking-sites/
Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) is actually a very specific list of compound s. I encourage all of you to keep an ear tuned for this specific terminology.
EPA first assembled a list of 190 HAPs in 1989 I think. Prez Bush then promptly removed H2S from this list. no one seems to knw why.
The list is now 192 or 193 chemicals, or therabouts. Carbon disulfide and carbonyl sulfide both appear on this list. This is key.
While CS2 and COS are also both Volatile Organic Compounds, in a big way,these are only sometimes included in VOC sampling.
Industry wont speak about CS2 ever. When forced to, sometimes they will disvuss HAPs. agreeing to monitor VOCs is not the same as agreeing to monitor HAPs. be aware.
In my mind, HAP has become synonymous with CS2.
It is not clear whether the present study sampled for or detected the sulfur compounds.
Industry does speak about CS2. Ed Ireland said something like this: What does CS2 have to do with natural gas? haha!
Generally they and the TCEQ avoid the topic completely. The TCEQ won’t even test for it.
Folks, I raised my family in Southeast Texas for approximately 20 years. Nosebleeds were typical for all of the kids as they grew up and especially those that relocated near petrochemical districts during their college years. The only things that I found to work reliably in reducing/eliminating the nosebleeds were once-daily comprehensive vitamins coupled with decent meals (little junkfood) and reduced consumption of soda. The vitamins were most effective, followed by reduced soda consumption, then followed by better meals.
One can assume that anybody near a fracking district is likely enjoying the dubious “benefits” of a petrochemical district. It takes a few years to get used to the symptoms, which really don’t go away that much, and a few years to get used to changing one’s diet (better meals, daily vitamins) and exercise (shy away from significant physical exercise while downwind of a fracking district).
It would be nice if it didn’t have to be that way, but until the fracking is stopped it is what it is.