https://nofrackingbucks.net/2024/07/natural-gas-health-risks/ B-CAUSE (Bucks Concerned About Unsafe Shale-gas Extraction) Sun, 21 Jul 2024 12:40:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://nofrackingbucks.net/2024/07/natural-gas-health-risks/#comment-30 Sun, 21 Jul 2024 12:40:52 +0000 https://nofrackingbucks.net/?p=1274#comment-30 The other problem with using natural gas (methane) or propane is that when it comes out of the ground, especially when fracking is involved, radioactive radon gas comes up with it. The decay products of radon, the so called “radon daughters” are also radioactive. One of those “radon daughters is strontium-90 which is a “bone seeker,” it is chemically similar to calcium. That low level radiation that is released in the human body is what causes leukemia and bone cancer. The only methane we should use is the methane from sewage treatment, landfills and agricultural feedlots or methane digesters from plant & animal wastes. Methane that escapes from wells or pipelines is a worse heat trapping, green house gas than carbon dioxide, so burning it and maybe using it for heating, generating electricity or as a vehicle fuel should be the only use of this type of methane. Drilling more wells for gas and oil should be used for cook stoves, electricity generation or vehicle, ships or train locomotives.

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