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She shared the story of a community in Braddock, Pennsylvania, that's been fighting to stop a fracking well from being drilled on the property of a U.S. Steel mill. After recounting a heated community meeting where residents <a href="https://www.ehn.org/residents-shout-down-oil-and-gas-execs-over-fracking-at-us-steel-mill-2633068424.html" target="_blank">heckled and shouted at</a> representatives from the fracking company, she explained why people in similar communities are so concerned about having fracking wells nearby.</p><p>Marusic discussed studies she's reported on for EHN that found fracking chemicals have built up <a href="https://www.ehn.org/chemicals-from-fracking-in-pennsylvania-polluting-freshwater-mussels-2602333500.html" target="_blank">in the shells of freshwater mussels</a>, caused rare <a href="https://www.ehn.org/fracking-farm-horses-2646115658.html" target="_blank">birth defects in horses</a>, and have been linked to <a href="https://www.ehn.org/health-impacts-of-fracking-2634432607.html" target="_blank">numerous health harms in humans</a>.</p><p>
"Fracking has been linked to a range of health effects in more than a thousand studies including low birth weights, asthma, migraines, heart problems and birth defects," Marusic explained. "People in communities with fracking are fearful about the exposures they're facing from the industry."</p><p>
In This Climate is a weekly podcast out of The Media School and the Environmental Resilience Institute at Indiana University that covers weather, wildlife, human resilience, and the ever-changing environment. Marusic helped kick off the podcast's series on fracking.
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