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Gas Patch Roulette: How Shale Gas Development Risks Public Health in Pennsylvania
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Legislative Interference with the Patient–Physician Relationship
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Summary Report: Human Health Risks and Exposure Pathways of Proposed Horizontal Hydrofracking in New York State
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The Potential Health Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing
Part 1 [media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyQAo2R-xYE” width=”600″ height=”400″] Part 2 [media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEs85O3AMI” width=”600″ height=”400″] Part 3 [media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knDcULllgTA” width=”600″ height=”400″] Part 4 [media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Xd6nCwPgs” width=”600″ height=”400″] Part 5 [media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mej07MQrFsE” width=”600″ height=”400″] Part 6 [media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP5IoPDyG3A” width=”600″ height=”400″] Part 7 [media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xngGIKTft_E” width=”600″ height=”400″] […]
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Support to the identification of potential risks for the environment and human health arising from hydrocarbons operations involving hydraulic fracturing in Europe
Chief Medical Officer of Health’s Recommendations Concerning Shale Gas Development in New Brunswick
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Health Concerns in the Era of Gas Drilling: A Basic Toolkit for Healthcare Providers
Health Concerns from Unconventional Gas Extraction – Leslie Walleigh MD, MPH [media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol_BKaKcvYE” width=”600″ height=”400″] Water Case Study (#1) – Poune Saberi, MD [media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVF_Olaoyh8″ width=”600″ height=”400″] Air Case Study (#1) – Poune Saberi, MD [media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0OZH4R-NRM” width=”600″ height=”400″] Testing and Treatment Case Study (#3) – Leslie Walleigh MD, MPH [media url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddeagesCIbM” width=”600″ height=”400″] Animal […]
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The potential near-source ozone impacts of upstream oil and gas industry emissions
Abstract Increased drilling in urban areas overlying shale formations and its potential impact on human health through decreased air quality make it important to estimate the contribution of oil and gas activities to photochemical smog. Flares and compressor engines used in natural gas operations, for example, are large sources not only of NOx but also […]
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Water pollution risk associated with natural gas extraction from the Marcellus Shale
Abstract Environmental concerns surrounding drilling for gas are intense due to expansion of shale gas drilling operations. Controversy surrounding the impact of drilling on air and water quality has pitted industry and lease-holders against individuals and groups concerned with environmental protection and public health. Because animals often are exposed continually to air, soil, and groundwater […]
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Geochemical evidence for possible natural migration of Marcellus Formation brine to shallow aquifers in Pennsylvania
Abstract The debate surrounding the safety of shale gas development in the Appalachian Basin has generated increased awareness of drinking water quality in rural communities. Concerns include the potential for migration of stray gas, metal-rich formation brines, and hydraulic fracturing and/or flowback fluids to drinking water aquifers. A critical question common to these environmental risks […]
NIOSH Field Effort to Assess Chemical Exposures in Oil and Gas Workers: Health Hazards in Hydraulic Fracturing
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Methane sampling Report of Leroy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
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Worker Exposure to Silica during Hydraulic Fracturing
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Fracking and Public Health
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The Health Impact Assessment of New Energy Sources: Shale Gas Extraction
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Human health risk assessment of air emissions from development of unconventional natural gas resources
Abstract BACKGROUND: Technological advances (e.g. directional drilling, hydraulic fracturing), have led to increases in unconventional natural gas development (NGD), raising questions about health impacts. OBJECTIVES: We estimated health risks for exposures to air emissions from a NGD project in Garfield County, Colorado with the objective of supporting risk prevention recommendations in a health impact assessment (HIA). METHODS: We […]
Potential contaminant pathways from hydraulically fractured shale to aquifers
Abstract Hydraulic fracturing of deep shale beds to develop natural gas has caused concern regarding the potential for various forms of water pollution. Two potential pathways-advective transport through bulk media and preferential flow through fractures-could allow the transport of contaminants from the fractured shale to aquifers. There is substantial geologic evidence that natural vertical flow […]
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Missing from the table: role of the environmental public health community in governmental advisory commissions related to Marcellus Shale drilling.
Abstract BACKGROUND: The Marcellus Shale is a vast natural gas field underlying parts of Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. Rapid development of this field has been enabled by advances in hydrofracking techniques that include injection of chemical and physical agents deep underground. Response to public concern about potential adverse environmental and health impacts […]
Hydrocarbon emissions characterization in the Colorado Front Range: A pilot study
Abstract The multispecies analysis of daily air samples collected at the NOAA Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) in Weld County in northeastern Colorado since 2007 shows highly correlated alkane enhancements caused by a regionally distributed mix of sources in the Denver-Julesburg Basin. To further characterize the emissions of methane and non-methane hydrocarbons (propane, n-butane, i-pentane, n-pentane […]
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