Fracking and infant mortality: fresh evidence from Oklahoma

Apergis, Nicholas; Hayat, Tasawar; Saeed, Tareq

Fracking and infant mortality: fresh evidence from Oklahoma

2019

Apergis, Nicholas | Hayat, Tasawar | Saeed, Tareq

This paper explores the impact of shale gas and oil fracking wells on infants’ health at birth across Oklahoma counties. The empirical analysis makes use of the Dumitrescu-Hurlin causality test, as well as the (long-run) Pooled Mean Group method. The results clearly document that there is a unidirectional relationship between fracking activities and three alternative indexes of infants’ health at birth, as well as a significant impact of fracking on infants’ health indicators. In addition, the results illustrate the substantial role of fracking through the drinking water quality channel.

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Mots clés AGROVOC

drinking water infants oils oklahoma water quality wells

Informations bibliographiques

Publié dans

Environmental science and pollution research international

ISSN 0944-1344

Editeur

Elsevier B.V.

D'autres materias

Hydraulic fracturing; Shale gas; Infant mortality; Empirical research

Langue

anglais

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Type

Text; Journal Article

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DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06478-z

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