Lynn and Shelby Buehring are being driven from their South Texas home of 23 years by fumes, traffic, and noise from fracking operations in the Eagle Ford shale. Since drilling rigs arrived in late 2011, Lynn Buehring’s asthma “worsened from a seasonal nuisance to the point where she needed two rescue inhalers and made frequent use of a breathing machine. She also developed chest pains, dizziness, constant fatigue, and extreme sensitivity to smells,” InsideClimate News reported. “We’re not anti-drilling at all,” Buehring said. “My complaint is they need to do it in a responsible way.”
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