Meet 13-year-old Gunnar Bjornson. He lives in one of PA's most fracked counties.

A urine sample taken from Gunnar contained 11 harmful industrial chemicals, including benzene, toluene and naphthalene. 1/

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These chemicals are commonly detected in air emissions from fracking wells.

Gunnar frequently gets nosebleeds that last up to 20 minutes and drain all the color from his face. Sometimes he coughs up blood clots afterwards. 2/

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"I sort of knew we were being exposed here," Gunnar's mom, Lois, told EHN, "but I had no idea it was at this level."

Let's help Gunnar, and families like his, by regulating well emissions and putting an end to #Fracking now. 3/

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