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Cancer-Causing Toxin Found In Air Near Gas Facilities

WFAA (Dallas/Fort Worth) (Oct 30 2009)

Air monitoring found potentially dangerous levels of benzene leaking from natural gas wells. One researcher said, "What I don't think anybody really knows yet is are the levels of these compounds...high enough and have they been in the air long enough to be a potential cancer risk?"