PA 'Clears The Air'

One of the many 'trumped up' charges from the Anti-Natural Gas Crowd is that the air pollution (caused by the drilling operations) will cause health problems. To find out for sure, the Pennsylvania DEP conducted a four week study of the air quality around Marcellus Shale drilling operations. The study focused on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) as well as other potential pollutants that are associated with natural gas well operations. They found no threat to human health in any of their testing.