Health and Safety Concerns with Fracking
Below are a few links that discuss health and safety research into fracking. There are hundreds of articles and research studies and a google search on "fracking and health" or "fracking and safety" will yield a multitude of information.
"Doctors call for state ban on drilling and fracking" October 2016
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2016/10/27/Doctors-group-calls-for-moratorium-on-fracking-in-Pennsylvania/stories/201610270226
"Study Says Gas Drilling Is Happening Too Close to Homes"
http://www.alleghenyfront.org/study-says-gas-drilling-is-happening-too-close-to-homes/ (The lead authors for this study addressed Murrysville Council on April 27.)
Dr. Haley and Dr. McCawley's Presentations before Murrysville Council on April 27, 2016 (video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSUmVcjLd2k&feature=youtu.be
(Slides from their presentation are available under the "Downloads" tab under "Resources".)
"Study: Fracking associated with migraines, fatigue, chronic nasal and sinus symptoms: Johns Hopkins research adds to growing evidence of link between unconventional natural gas wells, health problems"
http://hub.jhu.edu/2016/08/25/fracking-health-migraine-sinus-fatigue/
"Study: Fracking Industry Wells Associated With Increased Risk of Asthma Attacks"
http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2016/study-fracking-industry-wells-associated-with-increased-risk-of-asthma-attacks.html
"Johns Hopkins study links fracking to premature births, high-risk pregnancies"
http://hub.jhu.edu/2015/10/12/fracking-pregnancy-risks/
"Fracking Studies Overwhelmingly Indicate Threats to Public Health: A comprehensive new look at a wide range of research concludes that fracking inevitably pollutes water and air and harms people."
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/16102015/fracking-studies-overwhelmingly-indicate-threats-public-health-air-water-pollution
Concerned Health Professionals of New York recently updated their compendium covering all known research to date on fracking and health and safety impacts:
http://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/
Op-Ed by Dr. Jerome Paulson, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, August 2015:
"Fracking near schools: DEP fails to keep drillers a healthy distance from children"
http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2015/08/24/Fracking-near-schools-DEP-fails-to-keep-drillers-a-healthy-distance-from-children/stories/201508240030
"Doctors call for state ban on drilling and fracking" October 2016
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2016/10/27/Doctors-group-calls-for-moratorium-on-fracking-in-Pennsylvania/stories/201610270226
"Study Says Gas Drilling Is Happening Too Close to Homes"
http://www.alleghenyfront.org/study-says-gas-drilling-is-happening-too-close-to-homes/ (The lead authors for this study addressed Murrysville Council on April 27.)
Dr. Haley and Dr. McCawley's Presentations before Murrysville Council on April 27, 2016 (video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSUmVcjLd2k&feature=youtu.be
(Slides from their presentation are available under the "Downloads" tab under "Resources".)
"Study: Fracking associated with migraines, fatigue, chronic nasal and sinus symptoms: Johns Hopkins research adds to growing evidence of link between unconventional natural gas wells, health problems"
http://hub.jhu.edu/2016/08/25/fracking-health-migraine-sinus-fatigue/
"Study: Fracking Industry Wells Associated With Increased Risk of Asthma Attacks"
http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2016/study-fracking-industry-wells-associated-with-increased-risk-of-asthma-attacks.html
"Johns Hopkins study links fracking to premature births, high-risk pregnancies"
http://hub.jhu.edu/2015/10/12/fracking-pregnancy-risks/
"Fracking Studies Overwhelmingly Indicate Threats to Public Health: A comprehensive new look at a wide range of research concludes that fracking inevitably pollutes water and air and harms people."
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/16102015/fracking-studies-overwhelmingly-indicate-threats-public-health-air-water-pollution
Concerned Health Professionals of New York recently updated their compendium covering all known research to date on fracking and health and safety impacts:
http://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/
Op-Ed by Dr. Jerome Paulson, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, August 2015:
"Fracking near schools: DEP fails to keep drillers a healthy distance from children"
http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2015/08/24/Fracking-near-schools-DEP-fails-to-keep-drillers-a-healthy-distance-from-children/stories/201508240030
"There is no evidence that hydraulic fracturing, also called fracking, can operate without risks to human health. The corporations doing the work have never done the research to try to minimize air and water pollution from equipment. Any claims of safety are based on wishful thinking. There is also no scientifically definitive setback distance that would prevent health and safety impacts from oil and gas infrastructure."
- Dr. Jerome Paulson