Posted by on October 20, 2014
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SMITH CASE STUDY:  Blackout in the Gas Patch: Pennsylvania Residents are Left in the Dark on Health and Enforcement

From EarthWorks Action’s  study:

Our research on gas wells and facilities in the area revealed several pollution events, problems that persisted for long periods of time, and plausible reasons why the development would have compromised air and water quality. In addition, there were instances when the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) gave operators the benefit of the doubt about activities and incidents. Yet it was only because residents filed complaints that DEP conducted some inspections and investigations and discovered violations. – See more at: http://www.earthworksaction.org/library/detail/blackout_case_study_4_angel_and_wayne_smith#.VEVm6PnF9MU

https://gasvets.org/2014/10/20/705/

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Posted by on July 24, 2014
Filed Under: accidents, exposure, fines, fracking, Gas Worker News, hydraulic fracturing, spills, water supplies

DEP: Oil and gas operations damaged water supplies 209 times since end of ’07

“Oil and gas operations have damaged Pennsylvania water supplies 209 times since the end of 2007, according to official determinations compiled by the Department of Environmental Protection that the agency is preparing to release for the first time.”

 

https://gasvets.org/2014/07/24/652/

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Posted by on July 6, 2014
Filed Under: deaths, exposure, fracking, Gas Worker News, health impact survey, health impacts, hydraulic fracturing

Letter of Dr. Paulson to PA-DEP on Fracking Impacts on Children

NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITH A MINIMUM OF RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH
 
Jerome A. Paulson, MD, FAAP, Medical Director for National & Global Affairs, Director of the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health & the Environment, Child Health Advocacy Institute, Children’s National Health System & Professor of Pediatrics and of Environmental & Occupational Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC. 
Original article by:   DUANE NICHOLS, FRACK CHECK WV, JULY 2, 2014

 

 

 

 

https://gasvets.org/2014/07/06/628/

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