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Idaho, U.S.

Fracking quake swarm hits east Idaho?

Update, 11 SEP 2017:  U.S. Geological Survey reports as of 10 SEP 2017 more than 260 earthquakes rocked Caribou County, Idaho!  The USGS believes the quakes will continue but gave no reason why. A professor at Idaho State University claims the swarm quakes are “a whole series of aftershocks”.    USGS quake data is higher than reported by University of Utah, which operates its own seismograph stations independent of the USGS.

03 SEP 2017 (22:38 UTC-07 Tango 06) 13 Sharivar 1396/12 Dhu l-Hijja 1438/14 Ji Yu 4715

A swarm of earthquakes that hit an area east of the rural east-Idaho city of Soda Springs (at least 58 in less than 24 hours) fits the M-O of what the U.S. Geological Survey calls Induced Earthquakes caused by the oil industry’s hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

The individual quakes ranged in magnitude of 2.5 to 5.3, beginning in the late afternoon on 02 SEP 2017 and continuing until late afternoon the next day.   The same area was hit by quakes in October 2016.

In 2016 the Idaho Department of Lands swore that no fracking was taking place in The Gem State, or at least no applications for fracking had been submitted.   Even local news media blow off the skyrocketing quake swarms as signs the supervolcano Yellowstone is coming back to life.  However, I’ve been tracking these swarms for a few years and noticed they coincide with the resumption of petroleum exploration, including fracking.

2017: IDAHO MILITIA RETURNS FROM MALAYSIA, IS IT ABOUT THE OIL?

2016:  Wild Idaho Tide Rising, Forced Oil Pooling near homes, schools and hospitals is Death

IDAHO WATER STANDARDS NIXED FOR FRACKING?

FRACKING SETS AUSTRALIAN RIVER ON FIRE!

IDAHO, OREGON, WASHINGTON HIT BY CONTAMINATED WATER, COINCIDES WITH OIL INDUSTRY FRACKING!

2014: UNEXPLAINED & INCREASING IDAHO EARTHQUAKES CAUSED BY FRACKING?  “In 2012, your asshole ‘elected’ state officials not only legalized fracking but banned your local governments from banning fracking! The new law was co-written by a lobby group called the Idaho Petroleum Council.” 

Idaho Law Review PDF: TRADE SECRETS AND THE MANDATORY DISCLOSURE OF FRACTURING WATER COMPOSITION

Idaho Statesman: Idaho has become an oil-producing state

DATA.GOV: Idaho Oil and Gas Exploration Wells

PBSNewshour: Earthquakes triggered by fracking, not just wastewater disposal

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Fracking causes earthquakes

NewScientist: How fracking caused earthquakes in the UK

2011: Temporary Idaho rules for hydraulic fracturing gas wells

Business/Economics, U.S.

Diet Soda Pop causes Heart Attacks

The Journal of General Internal Medicine says diet sodas might keep you from gaining weight, but they increase your chances of heart attack!

Researchers from the University of Miami, and the Columbia University, studied 10 years of health data and soda pop drinking habits in 2,564 New York City adults.

Daily diet soda drinkers had a 43% higher risk of developing cardiovascular problems, than people who drank sugary sodas.

Interestingly, people who drank diet sodas occasionally (not everyday) were in the same category as sugary soda drinkers.  The researchers say studies need to be done to find out why daily consumption of diet soda pop increases your risk of heart attacks.

Business/Economics

How would you like your Coffee? Black, White or Asian? Or, Would you like some Cancer with your Tea or Energy Drink?

A small study was done on women who drank beverages with caffeine. The results showed that it mattered if the woman was Caucasian, black-African, or Asian.

Regarding coffee, Asian women had a jump in estrogen levels.  Caucasian women had a huge drop in estrogen, and black-African women had very little change.

The study also suggested that women of child bearing age are not affected by coffee: “For women of reproductive age, drinking coffee will not alter their hormonal function in a clinically significant way.”-Enrique Schisterman, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

However, caffeinated soda pop, and black teas, caused an across the board increase in estrogen for all women in the study!  The researchers are concerned because some cancers are linked to high levels of estrogen.

The study did not look at how caffeine affects women older than 44 years.  It was released online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

2010: ALCOHOL IN ENERGY DRINKS? NOT MANY.