Health Impact Assessment of Shale Gas Extraction

This book examines the state of the science regarding shale gas extraction, the direct and indirect environmental health impacts of shale gas extraction, and the use of health impact assessment as a tool that can help decision makers identify the public health consequences of shale gas extraction.

Eminent scientists, physicians, public health experts, and representatives from government agencies at federal and state levels, from nongovernment organizations, from the business sector, and from interest groups representing the interests of the citizens - met to exchange ideas and to inform on hydraulic fracturing as a means of extraction of natural gas, and discuss the human health impact of shale gas extraction through the lens of a health impact assessment.


Contents
1 INTRODUCTION
References
2 OPENING SESSION
Opening Remarks
Introducing the Workshop Theme
Framing the Workshop
Health Impact Assessment for Shale Gas Extraction
3 GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT OF SHALE GAS EXTRACTION
Fracturing: Accessing Shale and Tight Gas
Geographic Footprint
4 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY IMPACTS
NIOSH Field Effort to Assess Chemical Exposures in Oil and Gas Workers: Health Hazards in Hydraulic Fracturing
Community Impacts of Natural Gas Development and Human Health
Economic and Community Impacts of Gas Shale in Pennsylvania
5 AIR QUALITY
Air Pollution Emissions from Shale Gas Development and Production
Air Quality Impacts of Natural Gas Operations in Texas
Air Pollution Exposure and Risk Near Unconventional Natural Gas Drill Sites: An Example from Garfield County, Colorado
Air Quality Respondent
6 WATER QUALITY
Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Water Resources
Hydraulic Fracturing, Water Resources, and Human Health
EPA Study Plan on the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources: Approach to Study Potential Health Impacts
7 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
Sustainable Energy for All: Ensuring Health
Sustainable Energy for All: Ensuring Health Throughout the Energy Production and Use Life Cycle
8 RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES: RESEARCH COMMUNITY
Summary of Presentations
9 RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES: FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES
Environmental Health and Hydraulic Fracturing
Perspectives on Agency Research Activities
Discussion
References
APPENDIXES
A AGENDA
B SPEAKER BIOSKETCHES
C ACRONYMS

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