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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The University of Iowa’s (U of I) School of Occupational and Environmental Health held a public forum titled, “Assessment Of Health Risks From Community Exposure To Silica Sand During Sand Mining.” According to Tom Peters, a professor in U of I’s department of occupational and environmental health, his group obtained funding from the National Institute of Health for study of…

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Hillhead Registration Opens; Show Grounds Expanded

Registration to attend the 2016 Hillhead Quarry Exhibition is now live and visitors to the show can pre-register for their free ticket by visiting the Visitor Pass Registration section on the Hillhead 2016 website. The show takes place June 28-30, 2016, at Hillhead Quarry, near Buxton, Derbyshire, England. Interest in the 2016 show has been extremely high and visitors are advised…

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