Fracking could be as damaging as thalidomide, tobacco and asbestos, government's Chief Scientific Adviser warns in new report

… be problematic — for instance involving asbestos, benzene, thalidomide, dioxins, lead in … Scientific Adviser 2014. Innovation: Managing Risk, Not Avoiding It. Evidence and … regulation. Greenpeace UK’s energy campaigner, Louise Hutchins, described the report …