I wasn't the only one sounding the alarm bell on the fact it is hard to breathe in Denton County. The Denton Record Chronicle is on the case as well, with an article today from Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe noting that the county's risk for cancer and respiratory disease is 25% higher than the national average and 41 times higher than the EPA target of 1 person per million.
To be fair, I do not think it to be entirely the fault of gas drilling rigs and compressor stations. They are part of the problem and it does show a direct correlation to them being the problem. However, Denton County is at the top of a natural flow of air across Texas that goes from south to north right in our direction. It eventually flows east from here. That funnels every toxin in the state right in our direction, coming up from the chemical plants, concrete plants, and coal plants that dot the landscape south of DFW.
But the TCEQ, Railroad Commission, and EPA need to take this very seriously. Seemingly, they are not, but the TCEQ is beginning the process and finding the exact same results. We have dangerous levels of toxins in the air and some of it is due to emmissions from gas compressors.
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