List of the Harmed – Texas

1. Lorrie Squibb
Location: Flower Mound, TX
Gas Facility: Intensive gas production
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Multiple myeloma, a blood cancer

http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/special-projects/gas-well-drilling-headlines/20110831-breast-cancer-rate-climbs-up.ece

2. Megan Collins
Location: Dish, TX
Gas Facility: Compressor station
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Sinus issues, difficulty with balance and standing, headaches, fainting, dystonia and ataxia, nausea
http://www.earthworksaction.org/voices/detail/dish_texas
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120043996

3. Deborah Rogers
Location: Forth Worth, TX
Gas Facility: Chesapeake drilling operations
Exposure: Water, air- benzene, dichlorodifluoromethane, chloroform, xylenes,
toluene, disulfides
Symptoms: Nausea from the strong odors ,nose bleeds ,severe headaches.
Symptoms (animal): Asphyxiated goats and chickens
http://www.earthworksaction.org/voices/detail/deborah_rogers
http://vimeo.com/40547126

4. Sandra DenBraber
Location: Arlington, TX
Gas Facility: Carrizo natural gas operations
Exposure: Air – benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes
Symptoms: Blood has Ethylbenzene, m,p-Xylene, Hexane, 2-Methylpentane, 3-Methylpentane; migraines

Is natural gas drilling and production making you sick?


http://blog.uta.edu/sustainability/2008/04/02/arlington-woman-claims-drill-rig-causes-sickness/
http://www.fwweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2906:breathers-beware&catid=76:metropolis&Itemid=377

5. Jean Stephens
Location: Arlington, TX
Gas Facility: Flow back job
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Sick to her stomach, disoriented and difficulty breathing

Slammed with sudden nausea from flowback odors, business woman’s blood pressure soars after vomiting

6-8. Tim and Christine Ruggiero and family
Location: Wise County,TX
Gas Facility: Aruba gas wells
Exposure: Water – methane, as well as sodium and heavy metals
Symptoms: Loss of sensation in his [Tim] extremities; Christine – rashes, nausea and memory loss; daughter – asthma
http://www.earthworksaction.org/voices/detail/tim_and_christine_ruggiero

9. Steve Birchfield
Location: Johnson County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas production
Exposure: Water
Symptoms: Sick, weak
http://www.rodale.com/natural-gas-drilling?page=0,2

10. Lloyd Burgess
Location: TX
Gas Facility: Compressor station
Exposure: Air
Symptoms (animal): Horses- sick, death, neurological defect and blind in both eyes
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120043996

11. Charles Morgan
Location: Freestone County, TX
Gas Facility: Compressor station
Exposure: Air pollution
Symptoms: Constant low frequency roar from the compressors has twice ruptured right ear drum; a neighbor who lives on the other side of the compressor station confirmed he and his infant daughter also suffered ruptured ear drums
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120043996

12. Sharon Ward (deceased 2011)
Location: Freestone County, TX
Gas Facility: Compressor stations, 130 in the County
Exposure: Air pollution
Symptoms: Unknown,replacement water or relocated
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120043996http:comments//www.windturbinesyndrome.com/2009/vad-texas/* Headaches, dizziness, ringing of the ears, and lack of sleep, are symptoms county wide

13-14. Kenneth Bateman and son
Location: Justin, TX
Gas Facility: Devon Energy compressor station, high pressure pipeline
Exposure: Air pollution; noise
Symptoms: Diabetes, other health ailments
http://www.elkcapital.net/screamingsilence/voices/bateman.html

15. Kim Davis
Location: Southlake, TX
Gas Facility: XTO Gas production
Exposure: Air – twenty-six chemicals, carbon disulfide, benzene and naphthalene,carbonyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide and Pyridine
Symptoms: Unknown,replacement water or relocated
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2011-11-24/news/fear-and-fracking-in-southlake/2/

16-18. Warren and Rebekah Sheffield and family
Location: Dish, TX
Gas Facility: Compressor station
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Sick, multiple chemical sensitivity. vertigo; children easily winded ,vomiting, hives, itchy skin, nosebleeds, seizure
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/special-projects/gas-well-drilling-headlines/20110328-atmosphere-of-concern.ece

19-20. Chuck and Geri Pegg
Location: Dish, TX
Gas Facility: Few hundred feet northeast of large compressor
Exposure: Air – benzene, carbon disulfide, a neurotoxin.
Symptoms: Unknown,replacement water or relocated
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/special-projects/gas-well-drilling-headlines/20110328-atmosphere-of-concern.ece

21-22. Jim and Judy Caplinger
Location: Dish, TX
Gas Facility: Compressor station
Exposure: Air – noxious fumes, noise
Symptoms: Unknown, replacement water or relocated
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/special-projects/gas-well-drilling-headlines/20110328-atmosphere-of-concern.ece

23. Steve Lipsky
Location: Parker County, TX
Gas Facility: Wells, fracking under home
Exposure: Water – methane
Symptoms: Fatigued and nauseated
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2012-04-26/news/fire-in-the-hole/

24. Kelly Gant
Location: Bartonville, TX
Gas Facility: Compressor station and a gas well near house
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Severe asthma attacks, dizzy spells and headaches
https://dontfractureillinois.org/Other_communities.html

25. Jane Lynn
Location: Arlington, TX
Gas Facility: Chesapeake natural gas well
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Uncontrolled coughing, heart palpitations, burning noses & eyes
http://durangotexas.blogspot.com/2011/04/residents-gassed-during-last-nights.html
http://www.earthworksaction.org/media/detail/arlington_residents_challenge_chesapeake_energy_to_prove_they_are_releasing

26. Brian Beadle
Location: Hill County, TX
Gas Facility: Williams Production-Gulf Coast Co.gas wells
Exposure: Water- sulfates, toluene
Symptoms (animal): Goats – swelling, three goats and two kids dead; llama – death
http://archive.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=6885

27. John Sayers
Location: Hill County, TX
Gas Facility: Williams’ gas wells
Exposure: Water- sulfates, toluene, hydrocarbons
Symptoms: Unknown,replacement water or relocated
http://archive.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=6885

28-29. Stevan and Charlotte Harris
Location: Hill County, TX
Gas Facility: Williams’ gas wells
Exposure: Water- sulfates, toluene, hydrocarbons
Symptoms: Unknown,replacement water or relocated
http://archive.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=6885

30-31. Doug and Diana Harris
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Devon Energy gas production
Exposure: Water – high levels of metals: aluminum, arsenic, barium, beryllium, calcium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead, lithium, magnesium, manganese, nickel, potassium, sodium, strontium, titanium, vanadium
Symptoms: Emotional harm and mental anguish, loss of peace of mind, anxiety, and their bodies have been physically injured
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:A5v6WzCWFLsJ:press.wturley.com/Harris%2520v.%2520Devon%2520Energy.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESicKmPV6cVx_ihmctJfgSvgEmM7YfJSLgm48mUKn-_bYfUIunRLuEgIDW5rNjtGkx4JCzXGZnjnzPaR6NBzb-SkAiA1ew8QolwS0EywILW9jHoyJ1rrg06yLEnp164ycN565hCk&sig=AHIEtbTBhDjnA5UCHGqEJrGiBun3LTUuBA

32. Grace Mitchell
Location: Johnson County, TX
Gas Facility: Chesapeake Energy gas production
Exposure: Water
Symptoms: Unknown, replacement water or relocated
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2010/12/15/north-texas-residents-lawsuits-claim-gas-drilling-contaminated-water/

33-34. Jim and Linda Scoma
Location: Johnson County, TX
Gas Facility: Chesapeake Energy gas production
Exposure: Water
Symptoms: Unknown, replacement water or relocated
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2010/12/15/north-texas-residents-lawsuits-claim-gas-drilling-contaminated-water/

35-36. John and Jayme Sizelove
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: William’s drilling operations and compressor stations
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Headaches, respiratory problems, and other symptoms
http://earthjustice.org/features/campaigns/fracking-damage-cases-and-industry-secrecy

37-39. Bob and Lisa Parr, daughter Emma
Location: Wise County, TX
Gas Facility: 21 gas wells
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Lisa – rashes, breathing difficulties, nausea and headaches, balance and other neurological problems; Bob – nosebleeds, balance and other neurological problems; Emma – asthma, rashes and nausea
http://responsiblegold.com/TXOGAP-CaseStudy-Parr.cfm

40-43. Sinikka Dickerson, Corporal Dale Horton of Arlington Police Dept., Bonnie Billado & daughter
Location: Arlington TX
Gas Facility: Unknown which drill-site, winds carried from many drill sites in that area
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Disoriented, dizzy, & nauseated within a few seconds of odor, lingering headache hours afterwards
http://arlingtontx.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2
Select Dec 6 2011 evening meeting, go to 1:09:17 thru 1:17:45 of City Council meeting for relevant testimonies

44. J.D. Johnson
Location: Tarrant County. TX
Gas Facility: Fracked well
Exposure: Water
Symptoms: Unknown, replacement water or relocated
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/09/07/100188/in-texas-search-for-truth-about.html

45-46. Amber and Damon Smith
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Devon Energy fracked gas well
Exposure: Water – arsenic, chromium, butanone, acetone, carbon disulfide, and strontium
Symptoms: Unknown, replacement water or relocated
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/special-projects/gas-well-drilling-headlines/20110329-just-below-the-surface.ece

47. Carol Grosser
Location: Edwards County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas well
Exposure: Water
Symptoms (animal) : Goats gave birth to deformed kids.

Click to access 060211_earthworks_natural_gas_flowback.pdf

48-49. Tom and Barbara Vastine
Location: Parker County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas well
Exposure: Water
Symptoms: Unknown, replacement water or relocated
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/special-projects/gas-well-drilling-headlines/20110329-just-below-the-surface.ece

50-51. Catherine and Brett Bledsoe
Location: Wise County, TX
Gas Facility: Aruba Petroleum, fracked wells
Exposure: Water – benzene and very high levels of MTBE
Symptoms: Water stung their eyes and had odor, animals refused to drink

Click to access 060211_earthworks_natural_gas_flowback.pdf

52-54. Myra, Mike and Cameron Cerny
Location: Karnes County, TX
Gas Facility: Marathon gas production
Exposure: Air – benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylene, hydrogen sulfide
Symptoms: Frequent headaches, nosebleeds, rashes, neuropathy, nausea and diarrhea, bones and joints ache, bone deformities in fingers. nose,throat and eyes are always irritated, Myra diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia, diabetes

Letter from the Eagle Ford Shale tells of rashes, nosebleeds and misery


http://sacurrent.com/news/the-sour-side-of-life-in-south-texas-39-eagle-ford-shale-1.1463271
*Many neighbors suddenly have rashes

55-56. Michael and Susan Knoll
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas wells
Exposure: Water, spills on land
Symptoms: Coughing
Symptoms (animal): Dog – rare form of cancer
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/05/23/fracking-feud-pits-prosperous-n-texans-against-energy-industry

57. Kim Triolo Feil
Location: Arlington TX
Gas Facility: Carrizo UT Arlington pad-site & General Motors Natural Gas pad-sites
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Increased breathing difficulty, uncontrolled eyebrow twitching/jar clenching, gastro issues, and joint pain/muscle weakness – joint pain/muscle weakness issues relieved with six month nutritionist/detox treatment
Symptoms (animal): Parrot developed cough/asthma

Barnett Shale Arlington TX Health Effects Diary – Natural Gas Urban Drilling Emissions and the Canary Effect


58-59. Leonard and Marie Popham
Location: Live Oak County, TX
Gas Facility: Pioneer Natural Resources gas wells
Exposure: Land
Symptoms: Stripped of ability to make a living on his own property, property rendered useless to him

Vietnam veteran victim of Pioneer Natural Resources strong-arm tactics in Eagle Ford Shale

60. Toby Frederick
Location: DeWitt County, TX
Gas Facility: Range Resources, compressor station and wells
Exposure: Water – contaminated with benzene compounds
Symptoms: Water discolored with a noxious odor, smell caused dizziness; forced to drill a new, shallower water well

Eagle Ford Shale: Water contamination show and tell


http://sacurrent.com/texas-fracking-critics-tour-the-eagle-ford-as-complaints-of-contamination-surface-1.1165133?pgno=2

61-62. Sue Ann Lorig and family
Location: TX
Gas Facility: Gas wells
Exposure: Air – 46 times greater VOC’s than levels found in ambient urban air
Symptoms: Nose was burning, sneezing a lot, daughter – dizzy, headache
.http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/special-projects/gas-well-drilling-headlines/20110328-defending-the-mound.ece?ssimg=455375#ssStory450005

63-64. Jake and Mike Wilfong
Location: Palo Pinto County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas drilling
Exposure: Water – arsenic, barium
Symptoms (animal): 17 cows dead; trees and plants dead and dying
http://mineralwellsindex.com/topstory/x439048960/Dead-cattle-spur-lawsuit

Wilfong Cattle Kill near Mineral Wells TX June 2010/ Caddo Parish dead cows fracking link

65. Jan ****
Location: Arlington, TX
Gas Facility: Gas drilling and compressor station
Exposure: Air – VOC emissions
Symptoms: Sickness

66-67. Mary Kelleher, Julie Amendola
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Gas Facility: Chesapeake gas well, Enterprise pipeline
Exposure: Land
Symptoms: Sinkholes, flooding; pipeline has obstructed the area’s natural drainage pattern
Symptoms (animal): Farm animals, unable to reach higher ground, drowned by the dozens; dog fell into sinkhole

Dammed

68. David Lloyd
Location: Johnson County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas wells, pipelines
Exposure: Land
Symptoms: Seriously hindering his rights, land value plummet, constant disturbance and nuisance, land damage, dust and dirt stirred at all times
http://www.texasdairy.com/archives/0706.htm#Gas_wells

69. Natalie Genco
Location: Colleyville, TX
Gas Facility: Gas well
Exposure: Water – oily, smelly
Symptoms: Unknown, replacement water or relocated

70. Graham Feil
Location: Arlington, TX
Gas Facility: Lives downwind from twenty-two gas wells and two lift compressors
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Headaches, nausea, dizziness, rapid breathing, brain felt scrambled, exhausted yet anxious/hyper. His doctor said he exhibited symptoms of exposure yet no diagnosis was made

Barnett Shale Arlington TX Health Effects Diary – Natural Gas Urban Drilling Emissions and the Canary Effect

71-72. Harriet Irby and Betty Clark
Location: Pentango, TX
Gas Facility: DFW Midstream Service Compressor Station
Exposure: Air – diesel exhaust and sweet-smelling chemical fumes
Symptoms: Itchy, watery eyes, shortness of breath and other health problems, exacerbating breathing problems and causing costly medical bills.
Symptoms (animal): Chickens have died
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/09/02/3333836/pantego-women-sure-somethings.html

73-74. Debra Owners and daughter, Cassidy
Location: Ponder, TX
Gas Facility: Atmos Energy gas processing plant
Exposure: Air – 10 toxins
Symptoms: Rashes over and over again, ill continuously -”sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Air-Quality-Testing-Finds-Toxins-in-Ponder-132746733.html

75. Jimmy Dale Deweber (deceased 2013)
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas well condensate tank
Exposure: Air – hazardous fumes from spillover of condensate
Symptoms: Death
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20130117-man-found-dead-near-natural-gas-pad-site.ece

76. Sandra Mora DeHerrera (deceased 11/21/2010)
Location: Arlington, TX
Gas Facility: Gas drilling near home/work 360 & Arkansas
Exposure: Air – VOC emissions
Symptoms: Diagnosed with breast cancer after drilling started. Mammogram of Dec. 2005 showed nothing, but by March of 2006 she was nearly stage III. Doctor stated environmental causes, after her remission from breast cancer she got leukemia. She had complained of headaches, nausea, sinus problems, difficulty breathing, and anxiety during exposure.
*link to come*

77. Margaret Heinkel-Wolfe
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Williams Etc, drill water collection site, compressor station 990 ft away, gas wells
Exposure: Air – toxic formaldehyde, sulfur dioxide, benzene, toluene, and xylene emissions
Symptoms: Headaches, respiratory ailments, and trouble breathing and compressing operations, which are polluting the air and water surrounding the plaintiffs’ home, nuisance and trespass

Click to access watston_fracking_facts_fears.pdf

78-79. Tom and Barbara Vastine
Location: Parker County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas wells
Exposure: Water – smells foul
Symptoms: Unknown, replacement water or relocated
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/special-projects/gas-well-drilling-headlines/20110329-just-below-the-surface.ece

80-81. Robert and Wendy Bagwell
Location: Parker County, TX
Gas Facility: Range Resources gas well
Exposure: Water – smelly, bubbles, yellow discoloration
Symptoms: Unknown, replacement water or relocated
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Map-pinpoints-contaminated-water-in-Parker-County–111564849.html

82-83. Richard & Devyn Hayley
Location: Parker County, TX
Gas Facility: Range Resources gas well
Exposure: Water – methane
Symptoms: Unknown, replacement water, or relocated

Click to access EPA%20Wrong%20-%20Barnett%20Shale%20Not%20Responsible%20For%20Gas%20In%20Water%20Wells%2012-13-2010.pdf

84. Julio Barrera (deceased 2009)
Location: Webb County, TX
Gas Facility: Coastal Drilling rig
Exposure: N/A
Symptoms: Death fatal accident
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/energy/article/Eagle-Ford-pay-is-high-but-work-can-be-fatal-4285405.php

85-86. Calvin Tillman and family
Location: Dish, TX
Gas Facility: Gas production
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Children – severe and frequent nosebleeds
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/24/mayor-calvin-tillman-leav_n_827478.html

87. Homer Merriman
Location: Limestone County, TX
Gas Facility: XTO Energy gas well
Exposure: Land
Symptoms: Split Estate – unable to use his 40 acres for his cattle working operations; XTO drilled despite injunction
http://www.oilandgaslawyerblog.com/recent-cases/

88. Jimmy McAllen
Location: TX
Gas Facility: Forest Oil Corp. used pipe
Exposure: Pipe – radioactive materials; land – mercury, drilling waste and other radioactive material
Symptoms: Cancer
Symptoms (animal): Exotic animals ill
http://www.oilandgaslawyerblog.com/2012/09/another-chapter-in-jimmy-mcall.html

89. Mandy Mobley
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Gas Facility: Compressor station, gas drilling
Exposure: Air; vibration
Symptoms: Odd shifting that’s been going on in house – cracks in walls, door frame coming loose, nails
pulling loose from trim, floor tiles cracking; dizzy spells and migraine headaches and became frequently
fatigued

Migraines and Mailbox Money

90. Brian Callicoat (deceased 2013)
Location: Culberson County, TX
Gas Facility: Patriot Drilling rig
Exposure: N/A
Symptoms: Death from injuries sustained from a heavy drilling pipe that landed on him.
http://www.vanhornadvocate.com/

91. Larry Bisidas
Location: Wise County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas well and waste water well
Exposure: Water
Symptoms: “Water goes to stinking so bad you can’t stay in the house with it” too salty to drink.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Water-well-driller-blames-gas-rig-for-tainted-supply-104456654.html

92-95. Juan Rios and Olegario Rios (deceased); Roman Galindo and Jose Cruz
Location: Ward County, TX
Gas Facility: Anadarko well
Exposure: Blowout/explosion
Symptoms: Galindo Cruz were airlifted to Medical Center; Rios and Rios – death
http://www.newschannel10.com/story/21893579/one-killed-three-injured-after-oil-rig-blowout-north-of-barstow

96-97. Carol and John Phillips
Location: Shelby County, TX
Gas Facility: 27 disposal wells
Exposure: Earthquakes
Symptoms: Bathtub walked itself out of bathroom into the hallway during the last quake
http://reportingtexas.com/east-texans-wonder-is-fracking-waste-causing-quakes/

98-101. Four families
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Eagle Ridge Operating well
Exposure: Water vapor mixed in with some hydro carbon
Symptoms: Evacuated from homes
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20130419-gas-pipe-leak-capped.ece

102. Anonymous
Location: Hemphill County, TX
Gas Facility: LeNorman Operating gas well
Exposure: Casing failure caused propulsion
Symptoms: Concussion
http://this-small-planet.com/2013/major-failure-a-graphic-example-of-the-risks-of-modern-well-completion-technologies/

103-105. Sharon Belvin and family
Location: Tarrant County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas wells, compressor stations
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Leukemia(AML); daughter – headaches, nosebloods; son – Idiopathic Eosinophylic Esophagitis

Kim Feil Candidate for North Arlington District 1 Council Seat & the Opposition

106. Several Families
Location: Wilson County, TX
Gas Facility: Hunt gas well
Exposure: N/A
Symptoms: Internal pressure reached critical levels; evacuation of 2 mile area
http://www.wilsoncountynews.com/article.php?id=50983&n=breaking-news-gas-well-issues-prompt-evacuation-near-kosciusko

107. Mike Allen
Location: Panola County, TX
Gas Facility: Heckmann Water Resources truck
Exposure: Crash – truck blocked the right of way on a state highway
Symptoms: Debilitating injuries
http://weatherforddemocrat.com/local/x1925313592/Parker-County-truck-wreck-lawsuit-one-of-two-settled-for-combined-11-7-million

108. Arron Gomas
Location: Parker County, TX
Gas Facility: Phillips Water Hauling
Exposure: Crash resulting from illegal turn
Symptoms: Brain damage
http://weatherforddemocrat.com/local/x1925313592/Parker-County-truck-wreck-lawsuit-one-of-two-settled-for-combined-11-7-million

109. Joyce Burton
Location: Aledo, TX
Gas Facility: Frac Tech’s Aledo facility
Exposure: Pressurized hydrochloric acid from loose hose fitting
Symptoms: Suffered serious chemical burns to her face, chest and abdomen
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2011/nov/16/woman-alleging-no-working-safety-showers-at-frac/

110. Charles Covert
Location: La Salle County, TX
Gas Facility: Swift Energy Operating LLC production facility
Exposure: Air – Hydrogen sulfide, benzene
Symptoms: Loss of lung function, ill health
http://www.expressnews.com/news/energy/article/Something-s-in-the-air-4676882.php?t=f8cfae68c3dffd779b

111. Beverly McGuire
Location: Barnhart, TX
Gas Facility: Shale gas fracking
Exposure: Water
Symptoms: Lost water, demands on water for fracking exhausted town’s supply
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/11/a-texan-tragedy-plenty-of-oil-but-no-water/?utm_source=Raw+Story+Daily+Update&utm_campaign=2cd20bb36a-8_11_138_11_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1b6404e40c-2cd20bb36a-180476769

112. Anonymous
Location: Navarro County,TX
Gas Facility: Obrien Energy gas well
Exposure: Ruptured casing
Symptoms: Injuries
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/1-injured-when-casing-ruptures-at-Corsicana-gas-well-216933681.html

113. Shelly Perdue
Location: Parker County, TX
Gas Facility: Range Resources gas well
Exposure: Water – methane
Symptoms: Can light her well water on fire.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/investigates/bVIDEOb-Records-show-drilling-operation-violated-state-law-while-water-wells-contaminated-215185181.html

114-125. Donald Adams and 11 others
Location: Newton County, TX
Gas Facility: DCP Midstream pipeline
Exposure: Explosion
Symptoms: A dozen people were forced to evacuate
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Gas-line-not-yet-repaired-after-explosion-in-Buna-4838918.php

126. Anonymous
Location: Karnes County, TX
Gas Facility: Gulf Coast Acquisition saltwater disposal well
Exposure: Explosion
Symptoms: Serious burns
http://www.inquisitr.com/984388/karnes-county-explosion-injures-one/
http://www.kens5.com/news/Eagle-Ford-Shale-disposal-well-explodes-oilfield-accidents-a-growing-problem-for-Karnes-County-226973351.html

127-128. Two families
Location: Lavaca County, TX
Gas Facility: EOG Eagle Ford Shale well
Exposure: Explosion
Symptoms: Families forced to evacuate (Marshall claims that concrete did not have adequate time to dry)
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2013/aug/29/oil_rig_fire_folo_bm_083013_218438/

129. Debbie Leverett
Location: Gardendale, TX
Gas Facility: Berry Petroleum Frac pond
Exposure: Land – tank rupture
Symptoms: Contents of tank leaked all over her property; unusual amounts of asthmatic problems in small children
http://www.permianbasin360.com/story/gardendale-leak/d/story/UOpi5ZjWTk6dJ7vuSR6MHA

130-131. Carroll Dawson and family
Location: Parker County, TX
Gas Facility: Range Resources production well
Exposure: Water – methane; air – methane
Symptoms: Significant change in water, well is vapor locking, water has rotten egg smell. Fear over methane build up

Click to access document_ew_01.pdf

http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/09/23/5187683/state-probes-new-complaint-of.html

132. Elizabeth Falconer
Location: Parker County, TX
Gas Facility: Range Resources gas well
Exposure: Water
Symptoms: Well water is contaminated with chloride or salt, the is corroded and flaking. She has spent thousands of dollars on a water filtration system since the gas wells were drilled, cannot drink water
http://www.wfaa.com/home/Water-contamination-in–225126652.html

133. Anonymous
Location: Karnes County TX
Gas Facility: Gulf Coast Acquisition saltwater disposal well
Exposure: Explosion
Symptoms: Serious burns
http://www.inquisitr.com/984388/karnes-county-explosion-injures-one/
http://www.kens5.com/news/Eagle-Ford-Shale-disposal-well-explodes-oilfield-accidents-a-growing-problem-for-Karnes-County-226973351.html

134-139. Six workers
Location: Karnes County, TX
Gas Facility: Freeport-McMoRan Oil and Gas rig
Exposure: Explosion
Symptoms: Serious burns
http://www.wilsoncountynews.com/article.php?id=53694&n=breaking-news-six-suffer-injuries-explosion-near-falls-city

140. City of Denton
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Eagle Ridge Energy gas wells
Exposure: Land
Symptoms: ERE violated rules requiring a 1,200-foot buffer around drill sites, drilled two gas wells 600 feet away, city filed restraining order.
http://www.texastribune.org/2013/10/21/denton-wants-restraining-order-against-driller/

141-840. Seven Hundred Residents of Milford
Location: Ellis County, TX
Gas Facility: Chevron pipeline
Exposure: Explosion
Symptoms: Population was evacuated
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-texas-pipeline-explosion-20131114%2c0%2c5814364.story#axzz2keFgnLWG
http://www.businessinsider.com/texas-town-evacuated-after-massive-pipeline-explosion-2013-11
http://www.kvue.com/news/state/Pipeline-explosion-reported-in-North-Texas-231916471.html

841. Cynthia Dupnik
Location: Karnes County, TX
Gas Facility: Marathon Challenger tank battery and drilling
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Experienced a metallic taste in her mouth and had a hard time breathing. Before the drilling started, she says her family had no health issues but now they suffer from fatigue, headaches, rashes, eyestrain, sore throats, dizziness, nosebleeds and respiratory problems. Her doctor has given her an inhaler and antibiotics to clear up subsequent lung infections.
http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/12/30/eagle-ford-shale-breathe-your-own-risk

842. Radela Salinas
Location: Karnes County, TX
Gas Facility: Marathon gas production
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: “Goes back inside after stepping out, air is too bad to be outside.”
http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/12/30/eagle-ford-shale-breathe-your-own-risk

843-844. Two workers
Location: Harris County, TX
Gas Facility: Enterprise Products Partners pipeline
Exposure: Fire
Symptoms: Injuries and burns.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/2-injured-at-La-Porte-pipeline-facility-where-5104540.php?cmpid=htx

845. Veronica Kronvall
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Five wells
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Nosebleeds, nausea, and headaches. Her home lost nearly a quarter of its value and some of her neighbors went into foreclosure. “It turned a peaceful little life into a bit of a nightmare.”
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/14/fracking-hell-live-next-shale-gas-well-texas-us

846. Elizabeth Struhs
Location: Parker County, TX
Gas Facility: Range Resources gas well
Exposure: Water – methane
Symptoms: Water contaminated with high levels of the explosive gas, “We had good water before they came here and we should have good water now.”
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/f866144f00704a30af32e2a3e35bc029/TX–Gas-Drilling-Water-Contamination

847. Irene Sandell
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas well
Exposure: Land
Symptoms: A gas well near home was struck by lightning and the explosion shook home.
http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/special-projects/gas-well-drilling-headlines/20110613-ponder-drilling-site-too-close-for-residents-comfort.ece

848-849. Steve Brown and family
Location: Tarrant County, TX
Gas Facility: Injection well
Exposure: Land – tremors
Symptoms: Sinkholes in yard and cracks throughout their home.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Reno-Azle-earthquakes-leave-trail-of-damages-240665861.html

850-851. Ed Specht and family
Location: Johnson County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas wells
Exposure: Land – seismic activity from fracking
Symptoms: House is in shambles. Walls are cracking, the concrete floor in his bedroom is broken 32 feet across. “The house moans and groans.”
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/sunday-commentary/20131206-the-fracking-earthquake-connection.ece

851-852. Jan and Dan Finn
Location: Johnson County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas wells
Exposure: Land – seismic activity from fracking
Symptoms: Damage to home, the floors of house are 5 inches lower on one side.
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/sunday-commentary/20131206-the-fracking-earthquake-connection.ece

853-854. Lynn and Shelby Buehring
Location: Karnes County, TX
Gas Facility: 50 wells drilled within 2½ miles of their home and other gas facilities
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Lynn Buehring’s asthma has worsened, has developed migraine headaches, eyes burn, chest tightens, pain stabs at temples; fumes won’t let them sit outside
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1013708-buehrings-tceqfullreportbuehrings.html#document/p4/a144706
http://stories.weather.com/fracking

855. Maile Bush
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas production
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Family is breathing horrible fumes, “we can’t enjoy our property and we’re trapped because no one else wants to live here.”
https://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/25538

856. Cathy McMullen
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Range Resources gas well
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Eyes water and nose burns. Air smelled like pesticides. Smoke and a steady roar of noise.
http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20100208-Fracking-elicits-complaints-but-no-violations-8748.ece

857-899. Forty-three homeowners
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Eagle Ridge Energy gas wells
Exposure: Air – noise
Symptoms: Lawsuit says emissions from the Barnett Shale gas wells are offensive, inconvenient and annoying to persons with normal sensibilities in the community. The presence of the wells so close to the homes on Vintage Boulevard and Bonnie Brae Street has affected the homeowners’ ability to enjoy their homes, according to the suit. “The noise originating from these facilities is loud and constant. The mere presence of these large facilities and the noises and odors associated with their operations are abnormal and out of place in their surroundings.”

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http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2014/03/12/denton-homeowners-file-25m-lawsuit-over.html?page=all

900-907. Eight businesses
Location: Galveston Bay, TX
Gas Facility: Cleopatra Shipping Agency barge carrying 924,000 gallons of crude
Exposure: Spill of 168,000 gallons of oil
Symptoms: Property loss, shoreline contamination, wildlife harmed, particularly harmful to the environment and difficult to clean up.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Ship-Channel-remains-closed-after-oil-spill-5342986.php
http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/crime-courts/article/Businesses-file-class-action-lawsuit-over-oil-5347033.php

908. Mary Alice Longoria
Location: Karnes County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas production
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Rigs and storage tanks mar her view and send foul odors, noise and blinding lights into her home. She no longer allows her 2-year-old grandson to play in the backyard; sticky deposit on truck windshield.
http://stories.weather.com/fracking

909. Charles Covert
Location: La Salle County, TX
Gas Facility: Swift Energy Co. well and condensate tank battery
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: “Poisoned by [hydrogen sulfide] inhalation in his own ranch home compound and was seriously injured.” He said he required “intensive medical treatment by 5 doctors for the past seven months.”
http://stories.weather.com/fracking

910-911. Fred and Amber Lyssy
Location: Wilson County, TX
Gas Facility: Hunt Co. wells, flares and holding tanks
Exposure: Air – hydrogen sulfide
Symptoms: Foul odors across the farm, stopped letting livestock graze on the pasture next to the facility and moved bedroom to the opposite side of the house. worry about children.
Symptoms (animal): Six dogs suffered mysterious, agonizing deaths. Five died within a few days of one another vomiting, scratching their heads bloody and whining for no apparent reason.
http://stories.weather.com/fracking

912. Deston Bibbs (deceasesd 2014)
Location: Tarrant County, TX
Gas Facility: Star Daylighting fracking wastewater truck
Exposure: Traffic incident
Symptoms: Fatal injuries
http://www.nofrackingway.us/2014/04/08/frack-trucker-kills-boy-on-bike/

913-923. Amos Ortega, Roberto Magdaleno (Deceased 2014) Nine injured
Location: Loving County, TX
Gas Facility: RKI Exploration & Production production facility well head
Exposure: Explosion
Symptoms:Two men who died following the explosion. Nine people were injured and suffered cuts, lacerations, problems with hearing and bruising after shrapnel was pushed into the air by the explosion.
http://www.oaoa.com/news/crime_justice/law_enforcement/article_c911d548-d092-11e3-82c7-001a4bcf6878.html

924. Cathrine Benefiel
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Heavy fracking operations
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Brain cancer
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/denton/Cancer-patient-suspects-cancer-cluster-in-Flower-Mound-255565661.html

925. Ector County
Location: Ector County, TX
Gas Facility: Roywell Services
Exposure: Water
Symptoms: Allegedly dumped thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals down Odessa city sewers.
The suit charges Roywell Services, which services existing oil wells in six locations in Texas, with pumping xylene acid and other chemicals down a manhole cover on its property.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/investigates/West-Texas-county-sues-Odessa–249666501.html

926-927. Debbie Ingram, Denise Diaz
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Eagle Ridge Energy gas wells
Exposure: Noise, smells
Symptoms: Kept from enjoying outdoors
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/denton/Denton-residents-dismayed-at-proximity-of-drilling-243605441.html

928-929. Alyse and Lance Ogletree
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Eagle Ridge gas wells
Exposure: Noise and noxious odors
Symptoms: Kids were more congested, noise horrible; prevented from enjoying their homes.
http://america.aljazeera.com/features/2014/4/texas-when-frackingcomestotown.html

930. Mark King
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Eagle Ridge gas wells
Exposure: Air: Noise, vibration, noxious odors
Symptoms: King is legally deaf but he could hear the drilling without his hearing aid; prevent them from enjoying their homes.
http://america.aljazeera.com/features/2014/4/texas-when-frackingcomestotown.html

931. Barbara Brown
Location: Lamar County, TX
Gas Facility: Devon Energy wells
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Migraines and the loss of sensation in her limbs. Diagnosed with demyelinating disease, neurological she has lost two inches of height and a frightening amount of weight. Her daughter gets nosebleeds when she stays at the house. Property damage, sinkholes, and compromised foundation
Symptoms (animal): Six of her dogs died within months. Five of the deaths, she says, were related to the wells – neurological disorder death, death from kidney failure.
http://america.aljazeera.com/features/2014/4/texas-when-frackingcomestotown.html

932. Terrell Phillips
Location: TX
Gas Facility: Diamondback Energy
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Chemicals used in fracking ruined his teeth and affected lungs.

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933. Anonymous
Location: Karnes County, TX
Gas Facility: Gulf Coast Acquisitions’ Tanks
Exposure: Explosion
Symptoms: Worker suffered second- or third-degree burns to his face and the left side of this body, explosion started in a tank filled with salt water and oil from the fracking process. The fire spread to 10 other tanks triggering more explosions.
http://www.ksat.com/news/1-injured-in-oil-well-explosion-in-karnes-county/22328068

934-935. David and Meredith Hull
Location: Parker County, TX
Gas Facility: Disposal/injection wells wells
Exposure: Earthquakes more than 300 quakes in the area since December.
Symptoms: This trailer on his property has cracks, bows, and movement in various parts of the home, splintered a window, cracked an outside wall and fractured all three toilets.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/01/earthquakes-texas-fracking-wells/9765659/

936. Lynda Stokes
Location: Parker County, TX
Gas Facility: Disposal Injection wells
Exposure: Earthquakes more than 300 quakes in the area since December
Symptoms: House has been repeatedly shaken by tremors, sometimes twice a day.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/01/earthquakes-texas-fracking-wells/9765659/

937-938. Two workers
Location: Karnes County, TX
Gas Facility: Amerril Energy Co Rig
Exposure: Explosion
Symptoms: Two hospitalized for injuries and burns.
http://www.drillingahead.com/page/oil-well-explosion-in-karnes-county-texas

939. Richard Shaw (deceased 2014)
Location: Chambers County, TX
Gas Facility: Natural gas plant
Exposure: Explosion
Symptoms: Fatal injuries
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Missing-worker-s-remains-found-after-plant-1692256.php

940. Anonymous
Gas Facility: Enterprise Products pipeline
Location: Wharton County, TX
Exposure: Explosion due to gathering line rupture
Symptoms: Sheriff’s officials said one person driving near the line when it ruptured suffered injuries damage to the roadway and a nearby home
http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/article/Gas-line-ruptures-in-Wharton-County-injuring-one-5582181.php

941-942. Marcus and Laura Marsden
Location: Parker County, TX
Gas Facility: Titan gas wells
Exposure: Noise, lights and odor
Symptoms: Titan drilled less than 300 feet from the Marsdens’ home, caused flooding of their property, did not use promised sound mufflers, and did not restore or properly fence the drill site.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/29/5936775/parker-county-couple-wins-nuisance.html?rh=1

943-944. Sam and Jane Crowder
Location: Tarrant County, TX
Gas Facility: Chesapeake Energy well site
Exposure: Noise, odors and truck traffic
Symptoms: Well site substantially interfered with the Crowders’ ability to enjoy their property, Jane Crowder said she sometimes had to stop her outside activities because her eyes become irritated and odors are too strong. The couple’s grandchildren, owing to health concerns, no longer come to their home
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/tarrant/Tarrant-County-jury-sides-with-family-calls-gas-well-site-a-nuisance-260497431.html

Another lawsuit victory: Tarrant jury awards $20,000 to homeowners in nuisance suit against Chesapeake

945-946. William Crabb, Christopher Barrios
Location: Charlotte, Atascosa County, TX
Gas Facility: J.W. Wireline (Oil well service company)
Exposure: Perf Gun Explosion
Symptoms: Both Crabb and Barrios were critically injured near Charlotte, Atascosa County TX after a perforating gun accidentally exploded.
http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/news/2013/01/14/3-workers-hurt-in-atascosa-county-blast.htmlhttp://www.texas-construction-accident-attorney.com/3283/william-crabb-christopher-barrios-oilfield-explosion-charlotte-tx-injured.htm

947-948. Joel and Betty Dennis
Location: Borden County, TX
Gas Facility: Westex Systems disposal waste pit
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Nausea, odors were so bad they had to stay indoors. Foul smells characteristic of potentially lethal hydrogen sulfide; despite complaints a fifth pit holding 163,000 barrels of waste was approved.
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20141002/open-pits-offer-cheap-disposal-fracking-sludge-health-worries-mount

949. Vilma Marenco (deceased 2014)
Location: Harris County, TX
Gas Facility: R & F Quality Transportation
Symptoms: Flatbed trucks bearing loads of steel pipe ran red light causing fatal accident.
http://www.npr.org/2014/10/02/352980756/in-texas-traffic-deaths-climb-amid-fracking-boom

950. Dennis Seidenberger
Location: Glasscock County, TX
Gas Facility: Drilling activity
Exposure: Land
Symptoms: “They’ve totally ruined our way of life here,” Mr. Seidenberger said. “I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it.”

951. Dennis Fuchs
Location: Glasscock County, TX
Gas Facility: 16 wells on farm
Exposure: Land
Symptoms: Proliferation of trash, payments insufficient to cover the loss of farmland and the hassle of maneuvering plows and other farming equipment around the well sites.

952. Worker
Location: Houston County, TX
Gas Facility: Liquid gas well
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Pressure blew a valve open, spraying the man with an undetermined liquid gas resulting in chemical burns.
http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/view/article_id/207330/headline/update-man-injured-at-gas-well-has-suffered-chemical-burns/section/TP-News+Local#.VFPpXVfiG2U

953. Worker (deceased 2014)
Location: TX
Gas Facility: Chalk Mountain Services
Exposure: Accident
Symptoms: Died after a 3,500-pound bag of fracking sand fell on him.
http://fwbusinesspress.com/fwbp/article/1/6587/Breaking-News/Fire-officials-Texas-man-killed-by-sand-bag-used-in-fracking.aspx

954. Taylor Ishee
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Within a mile and a half of 37 active gas wells
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Burkitt leukemia, a rare cancer

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955. Justin Eaklor
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Four Barnett shale wells just under two-thirds of a mile from his house.
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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956. Rebecca Williams
Location: Tarrant County, TX
Gas Facility: Compressor station and heavy gas-well development.
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Rashes, sharp headaches and repeated bouts of pneumonia respiratory problems, nosebleeds, vomiting, forgetfulness
Symptoms (animal): Dog – rashes

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957-958. Annette Wilkes and son
Location: Denton and Tarrant counties, TX
Gas Facility: Gas well half a mile from her property
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Severe sinus infections were followed by two autoimmune diseases; son diagnosed with type of periodic fever syndrome

Health worries pervade North Texas fracking zone

959-960. Freddy Longoria and family
Location: TX
Gas Facility: Compressor stations, tank batteries and drilling sites
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Children-headaches, allergy symptoms, nosebleeds
http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/21/drilling-brings-rise-health-complaints-few-penalti/

961. Mimi Miller
Location: DeWitt County, TX
Gas Facility: Eagle Ford Shale production
Exposure: Air
Symptoms: Eyes watering, nose running, vomiting from the nausea
http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/21/drilling-brings-rise-health-complaints-few-penalti/comments/

962-991. Thirty Families
Location: Burleson County, TX
Gas Facility: Comstock Resources gas well
Exposure: Leak
Symptoms: A gas well leak of 2,700 cubic feet of natural gas per hour forced evacuation of 25 to 30 homes
http://www.kbtx.com/news/local/headlines/Gas-Leak-Forces-Evacuations-In-Somerville-285494751.html?device=phone&c=y

992. Conner Wilson (deceased 2014)
Location: Rusk County, TX
Gas Facility: Enbridge Gas Pipeline
Exposure: Explosion
Symptoms: Wilson – death; residents within a 1-mile radius were ordered to evacuate.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/13/enbridge-gas-pipeline-explosion-texas_n_5673666.html

993. Pappy Elkins Lake
Location: Tarrant County, TX
Gas Facility: XTO Energy
Exposure: Water
Symptoms: Fish kill from overdrawing
http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/tarrant-county/2014/08/26/fish-kill-pappy-elkins-lake-dalworthington-gardens/14662529/

994-1021. Twenty-eight families
Location: Burleson County, TX
Gas Facility: Comstock oil and gas well
Exposure: Natural gas “leak”
Symptoms: Families evacuated within a two-mile radius
http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/families-back-home-after-burleson-county-gas-leak-evacuation/article_0ca2e9e5-e290-5553-8a79-540e639af235.html

1022-1026. Five workers (deceased 2015)
Location: Dimmit County, TX
Gas Facility: Tanker carrying Eagle Ford shale crude
Exposure: Fire
Symptoms: Two vehicles ran into the tanker and were engulfed in flames
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2015/01/five_dead_in_oil_tanker_accide.html

1027. Senaida Martinez
Location: Dallas County, TX
Gas Facility: Injection wells, fracking
Exposure: Land – earthquakes
Symptoms: Martinez’s three young daughters are getting earthquake training at school, felt 12 earth quakes in one day, walls have been cracking
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/earthquake-swarm-near-texas-fracking-sites-alarms-residents-1.2927220

1028. Tara Linn Hunter
Location: Denton County, TX
Gas Facility: Gas wells, various companies
Exposure: Air – fumes
Symptoms: Debilitating asthma
https://news.vice.com/article/the-texas-legislature-wants-to-charge-towns-that-ban-fracking

1029-1031. Arturo Martinez Jr., Arturo Martinez Sr., and Rojelio Salgado(deceased 2015)
Location: Upton County, TX
Gas Facility: Parsley Energy well
Exposure: Explosion
Symptoms: The 3 family members were killed in an explosion involving a pulling unit
http://cbs7.com/multimedia/article_c071c752-c751-11e4-b4cd-43822b338fb9.html

1032-1033. John Opersteny and family
Location: Brazos County, TX
Gas Facility: Apache Corp. well, 200 ft away
Exposure: Air – noise, dust, fumes
Symptoms: Headaches, wife’s asthma has worsened, his son can’t play outside on some days. His mom has trouble sleeping at night. His dad sometimes wears earmuffs so he’s able to relax on the porch outside. Frack sand came into Opersteny’s yard. “It’s in the barn, it’s in the attic, it’s in the top layer of the soil,” Opersteny said. “We’re concerned every time we mow our lawn.”
http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/residents-concerned-about-health-pollution-from-fracking-near-their-homes/article_ec5607f9-aed3-5153-9826-6d2dc835c010.html

1034-1035. Monica and Richard Palasota
Location: Brazos County, TX
Gas Facility: Halcon well, 1,800 feet away
Exposure: Noise, dust, vibration
Symptoms: The vibrations rattled the windows against its frames, coating of dust on truck, unable to sleep. 40 days of noise.
http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/residents-concerned-about-health-pollution-from-fracking-near-their-homes/article_ec5607f9-aed3-5153-9826-6d2dc835c010.html

1036. Buck Owens
Location: Irion County, TX
Gas Facility: Wells
Exposure: Water – lack of
Symptoms: Forced to reduce his herd. “Residents are not permitted to use water at certain times of day to irrigate their lawns or fill their pools, the fracking companies are pumping out more water in a day than the whole town can drink.”
http://inhabitat.com/fracking-dries-out-texas-towns-water-supply/

1037-1136. One hundred families
Location: Tarrant County, TX
Gas Facility: Vantage Energy gas well
Exposure: Air; land
Symptoms: Evacuation of homes during a third attempt to plug the out-of-control well. Thousands of gallons of frackwater flowed into Rush Creek and Village Creek. Company waited for two hours before calling 911.
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/arlington/article18540473.html
http://bakken.com/news/id/236754/evacuation-zone-expanded-near-arlington-gas-well/

1137. Rev. David Hudson
Location: Panola County, Texas
Gas Facility: Injection wells
Exposure: Water – arsenic, cadmium, lead, benzene and other substances
Symptoms: Unknown, replacement water or relocated
http://www.propublica.org/article/polluted-water-fuels-a-battle-for-answers

1138-1139. Frank and Earnestene Roberson
Location: Panola County, Texas
Gas Facility: Injection wells
Exposure: Water – arsenic, cadmium, lead, benzene and other substances
Symptoms: Unknown, replacement water or relocated

1140. Maggie Golden (deceased)
Location: Panola County, Texas
Gas Facility: Injection wells
Exposure: Water – arsenic, cadmium, lead, benzene and other substances
Symptoms: Unknown, replacement water or relocated

1141. Julia Trigg Crawford
Location: Texas
Gas Facility: Pipeline
Exposure: N/A
Symptoms: Land condemned by eminent domain
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/keystone-pipeline-texas-crawford_n_1824939.html?utm_hp_ref=green

1142. Josh Beckett
Location: McAllen, Texas
Gas Facility: Eagle Ford Midstream pipeline
Exposure: Loss of habitat due to a failure to adopt an environmentally responsible route that will not cause a prohibited ‘take’ of the endangered ocelot
Symptoms (animal): Endangered ocelot – habitat loss
http://deadspin.com/5952519/josh-beckett-claims-that-a-pipeline-company-is-about-to-kill-some-ocelots-so-hes-suing

1143. Hector Rodriguez
Location: Gardendale, Texas
Gas facility: Drilling pad
Exposure: N/A
Symptoms: Disrupted life, ruined plans for building home, property threatened

1144-1145. Ron and Betty Haley
Location: Gardendale, Texas
Gas Facility: Drilling pad
Exposure: N/A
Symptoms: Ruined retirement plans for building home, stress

1146. Anonymous
Location: Gardendale, Texas
Gas Facility: Drilling operation
Exposure: Land – buried waste pit benzene 40 times EPA standards
Symptoms: Evacuated from fumes, water – toxic time bomb

1147. Anonymous
Location: Gardendale, Texas
Gas Facility: Drilling operation
Exposure: Land; air – noise
Symptoms: Sleep and health affected, dream destroyed

1148. Dr. Lawrence Voesack
Location: Gardendale, Texas
Gas Facility: Drilling operations
Exposure: Silica dust, H2S fumes
Symptoms: Property value destroyed, quality of life diminished

1149. William Justiss
Location: Lamar County, Texas
Gas Facility: Compressor station
Exposure: Air – noxious fumes; noise
Symptoms: Nausea, vomiting; house shaking from noise
http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/ebriefs/10/10045106.pdf

1150-1151. Tom and Judy Alspaugh
Location: Lamar County, Texas
Gas Facility: Compressor station
Exposure: Air – yellowish emission, noise
Symptoms: Unable to work outside, house shakes, noses burn
http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/ebriefs/10/10045106.pdf

1152-1153. Joe Donald Mashburn and Judy Mashburn
Location: Lamar County, Texas
Gas Facility: Compressor station
Exposure: Air – rotten egg smell, noise
Symptoms: Exhaust burns the nose, constantly troubled by noise or smell
http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/ebriefs/10/10045106.pdf

1154-1155. Joe Denton Mashburn and Christine Mashburn
Location: Lamar County, Texas
Gas Facility: Compressor station
Exposure: Air fumes and noise
Symptoms: Because of the fumes, they cannot do anything outside on their property
http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/ebriefs/10/10045106.pdf
1156. Joseph Justiss
Location: Lamar County, Texas
Gas Facility: Compressor station
Exposure: Air – fumes and noise
Symptoms: Cattle will not graze near pump station because of the vibration or smell on the grass
http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/ebriefs/10/10045106.pdf

1157. Mike Bishop
Location: Texas
Gas Facility: Trans Canada XL Pipeline
Exposure: Land
Symptoms: Property Eminent domain , intimidated and threatened with jail

Shift: Beyond the Numbers of the Climate Crisis

1158-1162. Marion LeBert, Tracy Napier, Frances Kulas, Tracy Sutton, Melanie Williams
Location: Parker and Tarrant counties
Gas Facility: Disposal wells
Exposure: Twenty earthquakes
Symptoms: Cracked foundations, sink holes, concerns over shifting propane tanks, the cost of earthquake insurance and what the quakes could mean for groundwater quality. Reno, Texas City Hall damaged. A resident said she sleeps in her clothes for fear that she’ll have to run outside in the middle of the night during a quake.

Anger Greets State Officials in Quake-Prone Texas Town


http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Sinkholes-Plague-North-Texas-Familys-Property-231241591.html#comments
http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/01/02/5457081/azlemeeting-on-earthquakes-yields.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2014/01/02/azle-earthquakes-forum-rattles-anger.html?page=all

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