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To: The Daily Mile

The Daily Mile: Don’t accept funding from fracking company INEOS

The Daily Mile would do far better seeking funding from the many potential backers which have a long-term ethical interest in children’s health, instead of from a fracking company

Why is this important?

Running a Daily Mile may be good for children’s health, but scientific studies suggest fracking is quite the opposite.

A recent comprehensive report stated that fracking threatens the health of local residents

"1 Growing evidence shows that [fracking] regulations are simply not capable of preventing harm"
"2 Fracking and the disposal of fracking waste threaten drinking water"
"3 Drilling and fracking contribute to toxic air pollution and smog (ground-level ozone) at levels known to have health impacts."
http://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/

Not only that, fracking has been shown to have a detrimental effect on climate change, endangering children’s health and lives for years to come

“World may hit 2 degrees of warming in 10-15 Years thanks to fracking”, Says Cornell Scientist https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/04/11/climate-change-two-degree-warming-fracking-natural-gas-rush-ingraffea

For more information about INEOS

Ineos 'misled' public over fracking in Sherwood Forest https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/05/ineos-fracking-robin-hood-sherwood-forest?CMP=share_btn_tw

Desmog Uk background on INEOS
http://www.desmog.co.uk/ineos

Updates

2018-04-28 08:48:12 +0100

100 signatures reached

2018-04-24 15:16:50 +0100

50 signatures reached

2018-04-22 22:41:58 +0100

25 signatures reached

2018-04-22 18:38:25 +0100

10 signatures reached