Shale drilling activity linked to high rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia in Texas

Shale drilling activity linked to high rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia in Texas

Shale drilling activity linked to high rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia in Texas

Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have found that rates of two sexually transmitted infections, gonorrhea and chlamydia, are 15% and 10% higher, respectively, in Texas counties with high shale drilling activity ("fracking"), compared to counties without any fracking.