The Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure (the Compendium) is a fully referenced compilation of evidence, spanning many scientific and social scientific fields, documenting continuing and increasing impacts on health and environment. The risks and harms of fracking for public health, the climate, […]
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The Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure (the Compendium) is a fully referenced compilation of evidence, spanning many scientific and social scientific fields, documenting continuing and increasing impacts on health and environment. The risks and harms of fracking for public health, the climate, […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, November 17, 2016 Contact: Danielle Filson, [email protected], 646-335-0443 Call for a Halt to Fracking given Overwhelming Scientific Evidence of Risks and Harms State and national doctors’ organizations released a comprehensive report on the science and impacts of fracking Authored by Physicians for Social Responsibility and Concerned Health Professionals of New York, […]
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Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Org Partner with Concerned Health Professionals of New York to Release New Comprehensive Report and Analysis of Hundreds of Peer-Reviewed Studies Showing Fracking Cannot Be Done Safely Groups send letters about health impacts and calling for moratorium WASHINGTON, DC (Wednesday, October 14) – A partnership of prominent health organizations encompassing nationwide medical […]
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Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Org Partner with Concerned Health Professionals of New York to Release New Comprehensive Report and Analysis of Hundreds of Peer-Reviewed Studies Showing Fracking Cannot Be Done Safely Groups send letters about health impacts and calling for moratorium WASHINGTON, DC (Wednesday, October 14) – A partnership of prominent health organizations encompassing nationwide medical […]
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New Analysis and Science Answer Governor Cuomo’s Concerns about Science: Studies Overwhelmingly Show Public Health Hazards and Risks Health Professionals Urge Governor Cuomo to Enact 3-5 Year Moratorium on Fracking given Scientific Studies and Trends Albany – Health professionals and scientists released two new, independent summations of the state of the science on the risks and […]
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On behalf of Concerned Health Professionals of New York, Larysa Dyrszka, MD and Sandra Steingraber, PhD released the following statement in response to Governor Cuomo’s comments on Thursday about arguments on both sides of the fracking debate. “As scientists and health professionals who have closely followed the science on drilling and fracking for many years, we respectfully take issue […]
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About this Report The Compendium is a fully referenced compilation of the significant body of scientific, medical, and journalistic findings demonstrating risks and harms of fracking. Organized to be accessible to public officials, researchers, journalists, and the public at large, the Compendium succinctly summarizes key studies and other findings relevant to the ongoing public debate […]
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Albany – Health experts and scientific researchers with Concerned Health Professionals of New York held a press conference in Albany today to release a major new compilation – a Compendium – of the scientific, medical and media findings demonstrating risks and harms of fracking. The document is systematically organized in a manner accessible to public […]
Read More… from Health Professionals Release Major Scientific Document on Fracking and Request Meeting with Acting Health Commissioner Zucker After Court of Appeals Decision, New Scientific Compendium Demonstrates Imperative of Statewide Moratorium
Abstract In the last decade hydraulic fracturing for natural gas has exploded on the Barnett Shale in Texas. The region is now home to the most intensive hydraulic fracking and gas production activities ever undertaken in densely urbanized areas. Faced with minimal state and federal regulation, Texas cities are on the front line in the […]
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In response to the release of the eight-month investigation ‘Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale’ by InsideClimate News, The Center for Public Integrity and The Weather Channel that found very dangerous air pollution and widespread health impacts, Concerned Health Professionals of New York released the following statement from Sandra Steingraber, PhD and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Ithaca College, and […]
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by Sandra Steingraber, PhD Distinguished Scholar in Residence Department of Environmental Studies Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York [email protected] prepared remarks for presentation (via Skype) at the public conference, Unfracked: Why Shale Gas Should Stay in the Ground, European Parliament, Brussels, 5 September 2013 recorded livestream: http://www.greens-efa.eu/de/unfracked-10219.html Bonjour. Guten Tag. Good morning from the Fingers Lakes […]
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Letter’s Signatories Call for NY State-Specific Health Impact Assessment and Public Participation in Health Review Process Albany, NY – Hundreds of medical professionals, health organizations, environmental, national and statewide leaders, and a hundred and fifty elected officials released a letter today calling on Governor Cuomo to let three public health studies cited by New York […]
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