It has been linked to contamination of water wells in Pennsylvania and Wyoming and to the death of livestock in Louisiana.
Executives initially thought that the infection might have been linked to contamination at its plant in Greenville.
The opposition is largely focused on both the possible local pollution impacts of fracking, which has been linked to contamination of water supplies in the US, and the potential for shale gas to divert investment away from renewable energy, such as wind and solar power.
Last year's listeria outbreak caused by infected cantaloupes from Colorado resulted in plummeting sales of the melon grown in other regions, including here in California, though California cantaloupes have never been linked to contamination.
The outbreak was linked to contamination of the unchlorinated community water supply, with several deaths reported (10 ).
The outbreak was linked to contamination of the unchlorinated community water supply, with several deaths reported[ 8]. Figure 1 shows the relationship between the 54 discrete MLST STs and the BOX-PCR for these isolates.
Kolmogorov-Smirnov-test was applied in order to compare age distribution of cases before and after the vaccination campaign so that age deviations could be linked to variations in contamination conditions.
"We are at ground zero," said Manuel Kaufman, president of Brinkerhoff Action Association, who has been alerting residents that the contamination could be linked to health problems in the neighborhood, including cancer.
Meanwhile, Chevron argues that Ecuador's contamination cannot be linked to its operations in the country.
Temporal increases in the incidence of certain hormone-dependent cancers and the relationship between reproductive health and cancer may be linked to rising levels of endocrine-disrupting contamination in the environment (Weir et al. 2000).
