AIR POLLUTION: Oil and gas boom, budget woes strain EPA's monitoring network

E&E Publishing: Utah physician Brian Moench is worried. There's only anecdotal evidence so far, but Moench maintains that oil and gas drilling in the Uinta Basin that straddles Utah and Colorado is almost certainly causing health problems for residents, including increased infant mortality.

"If you're going to expose a community to increased levels of emissions of diesel and [volatile organic compounds] and particulates and nitrogen oxides, well, it's as plain as the nose on the end of your face that you'll have health consequences," said Moench, the president of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment.

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