Kent Syverson, chairman of University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s geology department, told the Eau Clair, Wis., Leader-Telegram, “The [frac sand] industry was fairly dormant for a while, but now it has reawakened.” Syverson added, “These mines are going full out again.”
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New Air-Quality Study ‘Demonstrates Gross Incompetence’
Eight students and a professor from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire recently published their research on air quality near frac sand sites in a peer-reviewed journal called, Environmental Health. Professor Crispin Pierce said the results show air-quality levels to be worse than those set by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
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