A three-year study of the possible health effects of fracking on people who live near shale drilling sites is entering its final phase.
Credit WVU School of Public Health
/
WVU School of Public Health
is paying for the research. Travis Knuckles, an assistant professor in the , is conducting it.
He says the overall study involves multiple aspects of fracking, but the current work focuses on air quality issues near wells that could impact cardiovascular health.
鈥淭he fracturing event happened about a year and half ago. And we鈥檝e already collected all of the samples. We鈥檝e already processed those samples and gotten some data. We just submitted a paper on the chemistry side of it. And now we鈥檙e ready to start the health research side.鈥�
The study is expected to be completed next year.
