Public Health Documentation
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AGAINST FRACKING:
Concerned Health Professionals of NY: A compendium of Scientific, Medical and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking: http://concernedhealthny.org/
Physicians Scientist & Engineers for Healthy Energy: provides a multi-disciplinary approach to identifying reasonable, healthy and sustainable energy options for everyone: http://www.psehealthyenergy.org/ABOUT/Mission
Medical Society of the State of NY Calls for Fracking Moratorium: http://www.tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/environment/23314--medical-society-of-the-state-of-new-york-calls-for-fracking-moratorium.html
Pennsylvania State Nurses Association: American Nurses Band Together to Expose Health Risks of Fracking and Fossil Fuel Energy: http://www.desmogblog.com/american-nurses-band-together-expose-health-risks-fracking-and-fossil-fuel-energy
NEWS & STUDIES
4/27/16: Press Connects: Tom Wilber: Mystery of Sick Foals: Was Fracking to Blame on PA Farm?
ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT STUDY:
2/29/16: Fracking-Related Industrial Growth to Boost Greenhouse Gas Pollution By As Much As 19 Coal Plants: http://environmentalintegrity.org/archives/8384
2/29/16: AP: Report: Cheap Natural Gas Leads to More Plants and Pollution: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f4697e29220646fc895882069708b55f/report-cheap-natural-gas-leads-more-plants-and-pollution
1/7/16: Common Dreams: New Study Highlights Big Unknowns of Public Health Harm From Fracking's Chemical Cocktail: http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/01/07/new-study-highlights-big-unknowns-public-health-harm-frackings-chemical-cocktail?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=email_this&utm_source=email
10/15/15: Democrat and Chronicle: URMC Fracking Researcher Earns $1.2 Grant: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/10/15/urmc-researcher-earns-125-million-grant/74003830/
10/2/14: Scientific American: Fracking Sludge in Open Pits Goes Unmonitored as Health Worries Mount: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fracking-sludge-in-open-pits-goes-unmonitored-as-health-worries-mount-video/?WT.mc_id=send-to-friend
Yale University Study:
September 2014: Proximity to Natural Gas Wells and Reported Health Status: Results of a Household Survey in Washington County, PA: http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1307732/
7/18/14: Environmental Health Perspectives: Environmental Health Research Recommendations from the Inter-Environmental Health Sciences Core Center Working Group on Unconventional Natural Gas Drilling Operations:
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/advpub/2014/7/ehp.1408207.pdf
2/10/14: Environmental Science & Technology: Adgate, Goldstein & McKenzie: Potential Public Health Hazards, Exposure and Health Effects from Unconventional Natural Gas Development
University of Missouri & USGS Colorado River Study:
12/20/13: National Geographic: Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Linked to Fracking Found in Colorado River: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/20/hormone-disrupting-chemicals-linked-to-fracking-found-in-colorado-river/
12/18/13: Columbia Daily Tribune [Missouri]: Group calls 'fracking' study 'inflammatory': http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/group-calls-fracking-study-inflammatory/article_af3715da-680e-11e3-b6ad-10604b9f6eda.html?comments=focus
12/17/13: RT NEWS: Fracking Chemicals Disrupt Human Hormone Functions, Study Claims: http://rt.com/usa/fracking-study-edc-endocrinology-391/
12/16/13: Endocrinology: Estrogen and Androgen Receptor Activities of HF Chemicals and Surface and Ground Water in a Drilling-Dense Region: http://endo.endojournals.org/content/early/2013/12/16/en.2013-1697.abstract?rss=1
12/2/13: Endocrinology: Estrogen and Androgen Receptor Activities of Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals and Surface and Ground Water in a Drilling-Dense Region: http://press.endocrine.org/doi/abs/10.1210/en.2013-1697
12/9/13: EcoWatch: 10 Most Toxic Ingredients Used in Coal, Oil and Gas Production: http://ecowatch.com/2013/12/09/10-toxic-ingredients-used-in-coal-oil-gas-production/
11/9/13: Summary Report of Fracking & Public Health Summit Held 11/1-11/2/13: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/final_summary_report_of_ph_summit_11.9.13.doc
August 2013: PRETA AIR: Hazardous Air Pollutants: Pittsburgh Regional Environmental Threats Analysis: http://www.heinz.org/UserFiles/Library/PRETA_HAPS.pdf
8/27/13: Concerned Health Professionals on NY: Statement on Preliminary Findings from the SW PA Environmental Health Project Study: http://concernedhealthny.org/statement-on-preliminary-findings-from-the-southwest-pennsylvania-environmental-health-project-study/
CONCERNED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OF NY Website: http://concernedhealthny.org/
The Network for Public Health Law: http://www.networkforphl.org/network_resources/network_products/fracking_products/?gclid=CPuPvoq1orQCFep9Ogodd2cA2Q
THE LIST OF THE HARMED NOW REACHES 1300 FAMILIES ACROSS THE US:
Poster from the List of the Harmed: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/gerriwileylistoftheharmedremixcuomohowmanynames.jpg
The Harmed Part 1 Segment 1 - interview with a Susquehanna County, PA resident living in a nightmare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjAuIAjMe_o&feature=youtu.be
11/3/12: The New York Times: PA Report Left Out Data on Poisons in Water Near Gas Site:
Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air: Following is an ever-growing list of the individuals and families that have been harmed by fracking (or shale gas production) in the US: Updated 12/15/12: http://pennsylvaniaallianceforcleanwaterandair.wordpress.com/the-list/
August 2013: Univ. of Pittsburgh: Center for Healthy Environments and Communities: PREAT AIR: Hazardous Air Pollutants: http://www.heinz.org/UserFiles/Library/PRETA_HAPS.pdf
April 2013: Symptomatology of a Gas Field: An independent health survey in the Tara [Australia] Rural Residential Estates and Environs: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/tara_health_report.pdf
April 2013: Environmental Health Perspectives: Estimating Wastewater Impacts from Fracking: http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/121/4/ehp.121-a117.pdf
4/29/13: Fracking vs. Health Forums Draw Large Crowds: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/4-29-13_cpny_fracking_vs_health.pdf
Video from 4/27 forum: http://shaleshockmedia.org/2013/05/04/fracking-vs-health/
3/20/13: Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air: LIST OF THE HARMED now at 1123 people across the US: http://pennsylvaniaallianceforcleanwaterandair.wordpress.com/the-list/
February 2013: New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy: Scientific, Economic, Social Environmental, and Health Policy Concerns Related to Shale Gas Extraction: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/new_solutions_feb_2013.pdf
2/18/13: TimesUnion.com (Albany):AP: $1 Million Grant for Study of Fracking: Health firm to study thousands of people who live by Marcellus Shale: http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/1-million-grant-for-study-of-fracking-4288597.php
1/27/13: The New York Times: An Oil Boom Takes a Toll on Health Care: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/us/boom-in-north-dakota-weighs-heavily-on-health-care.html?pagewanted=all
Winter 2013: Geisinger Research: Geisinger Leads Marcellus Shale Initiative: Coalition explores potential health effects of natural gas mining in the region: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/geisinger_marcellus_health_research.pdf
2012: Penn State Extension: Pennsylvania Dairy Farms and Marcellus Shale, 2007-2010: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/dairy_farms_and_marcellus.pdf
10/30/12: American Public Health Association:
The Environmental and Occupational Health Impacts of High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing of Unconventional Gas Reserves: http://www.apha.org/advocacy/policy/policysearch/default.htm?id=1439
12/14/12: The Ithaca Journal: Andi Gladstone: Guest Viewpoint: State Needs Independent Health Assessment on Fracking: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/12-14-12_ithaca_journal_health.pdf
12/10/12: TEDxTalks: Theo Colborn Reads her Letter to the President About Chemicals Disrupting our Bodies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r2Rx8VRq48&list=SPsRNoUx8w3rN4l7h9HzGwXlDuUK
11/30/12: Salem-News.com: A Young Death, Gas Wells, and Unanswered Questions: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/november302012/toxic-death.php
PA DEP Gas Reporting Website. Use this to find where fracking waste if being delivered: https://www.paoilandgasreporting.state.pa.us/publicreports/Modules/Waste/WasteHome.aspx
10/18/12: Earthworks: Gas Patch Roulette: Public Health and Gas Development: http://www.earthworksaction.org/issues/detail/public_health_and_gas_development
10/9/12: as presented in a meeting with officials from the NYS DEC and the NYS DOH: Human Health Risks and Exposure Pathways of Proposed Horizontal Hydrofracking in New York State: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/human_health_risks_and_exposure_pathways_of_proposed_horizontal_hydrofracking_in_new_york_state_oct_2012.pdf
7/23/12: Care2.com, by Beth Buczynski: Newborn Birth Weight Drops in High Fracking Areas: http://www.care2.com/causes/newborn-birth-weight-drops-in-high-fracking-areas.html
6/27/12: Letter to Cuomo from Science and Medical Professionals:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/scientists__doctors-cuomo-letter_6-27-12.pdf
6/20/12: Margaret Hill and Mary Ann Mullaney: US: A Shift to Sand: NIOSH's Release of Preliminary Findings From its Field Study Turns a Spotlight on the Crystalline Silica Used in fracking: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/frack_sand__niosh_6-23-12.docx
6/2/12: Anger and Courage: The Harmed, the Sickened, the Dead and the Disappeared: http://angerandcourage.wordpress.com/
4/11/12: State Journal: Doctors Say Drilling Law Hurts Health: http://www.statejournal.com/story/17387985/doctors-say-pa-drilling-law-hurts-health?clienttype=printable
4/30/12: EcoWatch: Newspapers Get Support From Doctors, Scientists and Advocates in Fracking Secrecy Case: http://ecowatch.org/2012/newspapers-get-support-from-doctors-scientists-and-advocates-in-fracking-secrecy-case/
District 1 Healthcare Coordinating Council letter to Governor Cuomo:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/healthcare_coord_council_3-22-12.pdf
3/11/12: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.com: The Pennsylvania gas law fails to protect public health:
http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/12071/1215612-109.stm?cmpid=newspanel
3/6/12: ProPublica: What the Frack is in That Water?http://www.propublica.org/special/what-the-frack-is-in-that-water
1/12/12: NYS Association of County Health Officials report to High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Advisory Panel of NYS DEC: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/nys_assoc_of_county_health_off_1-12-12.pdf
1/5/12: NYS Conference of Environmental Health Directors: Report of Environmental Health Resource Needs prepared for the NYS Hi-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Advisory Panel: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/nys_conf_of_env_health_dir_report1-5-12.pdf
5/10/11: Troy Community Hospital, Troy, Bradford County, PA:
Local Experiences Related to the Marcellus Shale Industry:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/guthrie_pa_impacts_stateimpactpa-troy-community-hospital-report.pdf
4/27/16: Press Connects: Tom Wilber: Mystery of Sick Foals: Was Fracking to Blame on PA Farm?
ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT STUDY:
2/29/16: Fracking-Related Industrial Growth to Boost Greenhouse Gas Pollution By As Much As 19 Coal Plants: http://environmentalintegrity.org/archives/8384
2/29/16: AP: Report: Cheap Natural Gas Leads to More Plants and Pollution: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f4697e29220646fc895882069708b55f/report-cheap-natural-gas-leads-more-plants-and-pollution
1/7/16: Common Dreams: New Study Highlights Big Unknowns of Public Health Harm From Fracking's Chemical Cocktail: http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/01/07/new-study-highlights-big-unknowns-public-health-harm-frackings-chemical-cocktail?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=email_this&utm_source=email
10/15/15: Democrat and Chronicle: URMC Fracking Researcher Earns $1.2 Grant: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/10/15/urmc-researcher-earns-125-million-grant/74003830/
10/2/14: Scientific American: Fracking Sludge in Open Pits Goes Unmonitored as Health Worries Mount: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fracking-sludge-in-open-pits-goes-unmonitored-as-health-worries-mount-video/?WT.mc_id=send-to-friend
Yale University Study:
September 2014: Proximity to Natural Gas Wells and Reported Health Status: Results of a Household Survey in Washington County, PA: http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1307732/
7/18/14: Environmental Health Perspectives: Environmental Health Research Recommendations from the Inter-Environmental Health Sciences Core Center Working Group on Unconventional Natural Gas Drilling Operations:
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/advpub/2014/7/ehp.1408207.pdf
2/10/14: Environmental Science & Technology: Adgate, Goldstein & McKenzie: Potential Public Health Hazards, Exposure and Health Effects from Unconventional Natural Gas Development
University of Missouri & USGS Colorado River Study:
12/20/13: National Geographic: Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Linked to Fracking Found in Colorado River: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/20/hormone-disrupting-chemicals-linked-to-fracking-found-in-colorado-river/
12/18/13: Columbia Daily Tribune [Missouri]: Group calls 'fracking' study 'inflammatory': http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/group-calls-fracking-study-inflammatory/article_af3715da-680e-11e3-b6ad-10604b9f6eda.html?comments=focus
12/17/13: RT NEWS: Fracking Chemicals Disrupt Human Hormone Functions, Study Claims: http://rt.com/usa/fracking-study-edc-endocrinology-391/
12/16/13: Endocrinology: Estrogen and Androgen Receptor Activities of HF Chemicals and Surface and Ground Water in a Drilling-Dense Region: http://endo.endojournals.org/content/early/2013/12/16/en.2013-1697.abstract?rss=1
12/2/13: Endocrinology: Estrogen and Androgen Receptor Activities of Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals and Surface and Ground Water in a Drilling-Dense Region: http://press.endocrine.org/doi/abs/10.1210/en.2013-1697
12/9/13: EcoWatch: 10 Most Toxic Ingredients Used in Coal, Oil and Gas Production: http://ecowatch.com/2013/12/09/10-toxic-ingredients-used-in-coal-oil-gas-production/
11/9/13: Summary Report of Fracking & Public Health Summit Held 11/1-11/2/13: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/final_summary_report_of_ph_summit_11.9.13.doc
August 2013: PRETA AIR: Hazardous Air Pollutants: Pittsburgh Regional Environmental Threats Analysis: http://www.heinz.org/UserFiles/Library/PRETA_HAPS.pdf
8/27/13: Concerned Health Professionals on NY: Statement on Preliminary Findings from the SW PA Environmental Health Project Study: http://concernedhealthny.org/statement-on-preliminary-findings-from-the-southwest-pennsylvania-environmental-health-project-study/
CONCERNED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OF NY Website: http://concernedhealthny.org/
The Network for Public Health Law: http://www.networkforphl.org/network_resources/network_products/fracking_products/?gclid=CPuPvoq1orQCFep9Ogodd2cA2Q
THE LIST OF THE HARMED NOW REACHES 1300 FAMILIES ACROSS THE US:
Poster from the List of the Harmed: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/gerriwileylistoftheharmedremixcuomohowmanynames.jpg
The Harmed Part 1 Segment 1 - interview with a Susquehanna County, PA resident living in a nightmare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjAuIAjMe_o&feature=youtu.be
11/3/12: The New York Times: PA Report Left Out Data on Poisons in Water Near Gas Site:
Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air: Following is an ever-growing list of the individuals and families that have been harmed by fracking (or shale gas production) in the US: Updated 12/15/12: http://pennsylvaniaallianceforcleanwaterandair.wordpress.com/the-list/
August 2013: Univ. of Pittsburgh: Center for Healthy Environments and Communities: PREAT AIR: Hazardous Air Pollutants: http://www.heinz.org/UserFiles/Library/PRETA_HAPS.pdf
April 2013: Symptomatology of a Gas Field: An independent health survey in the Tara [Australia] Rural Residential Estates and Environs: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/tara_health_report.pdf
April 2013: Environmental Health Perspectives: Estimating Wastewater Impacts from Fracking: http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/121/4/ehp.121-a117.pdf
4/29/13: Fracking vs. Health Forums Draw Large Crowds: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/4-29-13_cpny_fracking_vs_health.pdf
Video from 4/27 forum: http://shaleshockmedia.org/2013/05/04/fracking-vs-health/
3/20/13: Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air: LIST OF THE HARMED now at 1123 people across the US: http://pennsylvaniaallianceforcleanwaterandair.wordpress.com/the-list/
February 2013: New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy: Scientific, Economic, Social Environmental, and Health Policy Concerns Related to Shale Gas Extraction: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/new_solutions_feb_2013.pdf
2/18/13: TimesUnion.com (Albany):AP: $1 Million Grant for Study of Fracking: Health firm to study thousands of people who live by Marcellus Shale: http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/1-million-grant-for-study-of-fracking-4288597.php
1/27/13: The New York Times: An Oil Boom Takes a Toll on Health Care: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/us/boom-in-north-dakota-weighs-heavily-on-health-care.html?pagewanted=all
Winter 2013: Geisinger Research: Geisinger Leads Marcellus Shale Initiative: Coalition explores potential health effects of natural gas mining in the region: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/geisinger_marcellus_health_research.pdf
2012: Penn State Extension: Pennsylvania Dairy Farms and Marcellus Shale, 2007-2010: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/dairy_farms_and_marcellus.pdf
10/30/12: American Public Health Association:
The Environmental and Occupational Health Impacts of High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing of Unconventional Gas Reserves: http://www.apha.org/advocacy/policy/policysearch/default.htm?id=1439
12/14/12: The Ithaca Journal: Andi Gladstone: Guest Viewpoint: State Needs Independent Health Assessment on Fracking: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/12-14-12_ithaca_journal_health.pdf
12/10/12: TEDxTalks: Theo Colborn Reads her Letter to the President About Chemicals Disrupting our Bodies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r2Rx8VRq48&list=SPsRNoUx8w3rN4l7h9HzGwXlDuUK
11/30/12: Salem-News.com: A Young Death, Gas Wells, and Unanswered Questions: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/november302012/toxic-death.php
PA DEP Gas Reporting Website. Use this to find where fracking waste if being delivered: https://www.paoilandgasreporting.state.pa.us/publicreports/Modules/Waste/WasteHome.aspx
10/18/12: Earthworks: Gas Patch Roulette: Public Health and Gas Development: http://www.earthworksaction.org/issues/detail/public_health_and_gas_development
10/9/12: as presented in a meeting with officials from the NYS DEC and the NYS DOH: Human Health Risks and Exposure Pathways of Proposed Horizontal Hydrofracking in New York State: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/human_health_risks_and_exposure_pathways_of_proposed_horizontal_hydrofracking_in_new_york_state_oct_2012.pdf
7/23/12: Care2.com, by Beth Buczynski: Newborn Birth Weight Drops in High Fracking Areas: http://www.care2.com/causes/newborn-birth-weight-drops-in-high-fracking-areas.html
6/27/12: Letter to Cuomo from Science and Medical Professionals:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/scientists__doctors-cuomo-letter_6-27-12.pdf
6/20/12: Margaret Hill and Mary Ann Mullaney: US: A Shift to Sand: NIOSH's Release of Preliminary Findings From its Field Study Turns a Spotlight on the Crystalline Silica Used in fracking: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/frack_sand__niosh_6-23-12.docx
6/2/12: Anger and Courage: The Harmed, the Sickened, the Dead and the Disappeared: http://angerandcourage.wordpress.com/
4/11/12: State Journal: Doctors Say Drilling Law Hurts Health: http://www.statejournal.com/story/17387985/doctors-say-pa-drilling-law-hurts-health?clienttype=printable
4/30/12: EcoWatch: Newspapers Get Support From Doctors, Scientists and Advocates in Fracking Secrecy Case: http://ecowatch.org/2012/newspapers-get-support-from-doctors-scientists-and-advocates-in-fracking-secrecy-case/
District 1 Healthcare Coordinating Council letter to Governor Cuomo:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/healthcare_coord_council_3-22-12.pdf
3/11/12: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.com: The Pennsylvania gas law fails to protect public health:
http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/12071/1215612-109.stm?cmpid=newspanel
3/6/12: ProPublica: What the Frack is in That Water?http://www.propublica.org/special/what-the-frack-is-in-that-water
1/12/12: NYS Association of County Health Officials report to High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Advisory Panel of NYS DEC: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/nys_assoc_of_county_health_off_1-12-12.pdf
1/5/12: NYS Conference of Environmental Health Directors: Report of Environmental Health Resource Needs prepared for the NYS Hi-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Advisory Panel: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/nys_conf_of_env_health_dir_report1-5-12.pdf
5/10/11: Troy Community Hospital, Troy, Bradford County, PA:
Local Experiences Related to the Marcellus Shale Industry:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/guthrie_pa_impacts_stateimpactpa-troy-community-hospital-report.pdf
April 2011: Texas Oil & Gas Accountability Project: Natural Gas Flowback: How the Texas Natural Gas Boom Affects Health and Safety:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/flowback-txogap-healthreport-lowres.pdf
February 16, 2011: the New York Times: Contamination from Natural Gas Wells: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/27/us/natural-gas-map.html?ref=us
8/24/10: Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Health Center:
Testimony to NYC Town Hall Regarding Hydrofracking & Natural Gas Drilling in New York State:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/health-testimony_to_nyc_mtsinaipehsu.pdf