University of Missouri

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals linked to altered hormone levels, ovarian development in mice

Susan Nagel and her team released a study that is the first of its kind to link exposure to chemicals released during fracking to adverse reproductive and developmental outcomes in mice. Scientists believe that exposure to these chemicals also could pose a threat to human development.

The evidence of the negative impacts of fracking are still accumulating with new environmental, geological and medical reports being published every month.

Read about the latest to emerge from the University of Missouri in their press release here:

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