Colorado Health/Fracking Info Big Picture 020819 Jan Hendryx, DO, FAAO
Our Water, Our Air, Our Rights website:
http://warights.org/
Serious Issues Concerning Unconventional Shale Gas Development Anywhere
Potential Public Health Hazards, Exposures and Health Effects from Unconventional Natural Gas
Development. John L. Adgate*, Bernard D. Goldstein, Lisa M. McKenzie. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2014, 48 (15),
pp 8307–8320.
GLOBAL
REGIONAL
LOCAL
WELL SITE
Silica
CLIMATE
Hazardous
Chemicals
Accidents
Water
Quality
Water
Quantity
Traffic
Noise
Jobs
Air Quality
Social
Disruption
Neighborhood and Community Impacts
Air, Water, Land, Noise Contamination
Diesel Air Pollution from Compressors during Fracking in
Moshannnon Forest 2010
Industrial Activities (24/7)
Waste Disposal (flowback/sludge)
Storing/Venting/Flaring Toxic Volatile
Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Particle air pollution (PM2.5, PM10)
Fracking Chemicals, Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrofracturing Compressors (100 dB
noise at wellpad plus diesel exhaust)
Truck diesel exhaust, noise 24/7
Spills
Frack Sand Air Contamination
COMPOUNDED with multiple wells
Close proximity to residences,
neighborhoods, schools, farms
Wind direction, strength, humidity
determines airborne toxin exposures
Huge flowback impoundments with
large surface areas can concentrate
VOCs, gases and particles that travel
with wind (plume up to 200 miles)
Impoundments leak contaminating
land and ground water
Ground vibration with seismic testing
and fracking
Lifestyle Disruption
24/7 Well Development/pipelines
Exposures people/animals (water, air,
land)
Health Issues (acute/chronic/Cancer)
Decreased Property Values for Lessor
and Neighbors
Mortgage/Loan Issues
Insurance Issues (property, health)
Climate Change (ozone, NOx, etc.)
What is the FUTURE for our children?
HAZARDOUS Frac Fluid Components
Ammonium
persulfate
Form
Hydrochloric
Acid (HCl)
Form
N, N-dimethyl
formamide
Form
Polyacrylamide
Form
Borate Salts
Form
Glutaraldehyde
Formaldehyde
Form
Sodium Carbonate
Form
Ethylene glycol
Form Guar gum
Form Potassium
chloride
Form Isopropanol
Form
Ammonium
bisulfite
Form
CONCENTRATED HAZARDOUS FLOWBACK/PRODUCED WASTEWATER
Heavy Metals and Salts
Strontium Chlorides Arsenic
Barium Sodium Thorium
Bromides Lead Potassium
Borates Mercury Others
Carcinogenic BTEX Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs)
Benzene Ethylbenzene
Toluene Xylene
Carcinogenic Radioactive Materials (NORMS and TENORMS)
Radium 226
Radium 228
Radon
Proprietary and Non-Proprietary Chemicals from
Drilling/Fracking Fluids
As Above
Phosphonates MEG
Polyacrylates Methanol
Hydrate Inhibitors Isopropanol
Phosphinopolycarboxylates
Diesel
Other
Hydrogen Sulfide Gas (H2S)
Wastewater Disposal
Approximately 11,700 Unconventional wells have been drilled. It takes 8-15 million gallons of fresh water per
well to frack one well. 20-80% returns to the surface as flowback/produced water which needs to be disposed
of. What are you going to do with all the wastewater? THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED UP FRONT AND
FIGURED OUT!
Proliferation of Shale Wells in Garfield County through April 2017
Boulder and Weld Counties through April 2017
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Water Pollution in PA and DEP Cover-up http://publicherald.org/public-herald-30-month-report-finds-dep-fracking-complaint-
investigations-are-cooked/
Pipeline Construction Contamination
http://www.fractracker.org/2013/04/us-pipelines-average-incidents-are-a-daily-occurrence
Wetlands Contamination by Drilling Mud after Pipeline Spill in Ohio 2017.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17052017/ohio-pipeline-spill-wetlands-damage-environmental-activists-
letter-ferc
Unconventional Well Spills/Violations in Colorado https://www.fractracker.org/
Oil and Gas Threat Map Colorado http://oilandgasthreatmap.com/threat-map/colorado/
Frac Sand Hazards for OG Workers/those living nearby
https://www.osha.gov/dts/hazardalerts/hydraulic_frac_hazard_alert.html
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Climate Change Issues from Methane and CO2
Shale Methane Burning: CH4 + 2O2 -> CO2 + 2H20 Add in: Radon present (cancer causing)
CONSEQUENCES: House Explosion, Bradford, PA 2011
Scientific References: 1. Climate Change Synthesis Report 2014: Summary for Policy Makers. Penn State University.
https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/syr/AR5_SYR_FINAL_SPM.pdf
2. Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking
(Unconventional Gas and Oil Extraction). 5th edition, 3/13/2018. Physicians for Social Responsibility
(PSR); Concerned Health Professionals of NY. https://www.psr.org/wp-
content/uploads/2018/04/Fracking_Science_Compendium_5.pdf
3. A Public Health Review of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas Development. NYS
Department of Health. 12/2014.
http://www.health.ny.gov/press/reports/docs/high_volume_hydraulic_fracturing.pdf
4. Chemicals Used in Hydraulic Fracturing. EPA Report to US House of Representatives Committee on
Energy and Commerce Minority Staff April 2011.
http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Hydraulic-Fracturing-
Chemicals-2011-4-18.pdf
5. IPCC 2018 Report on Global Climate Change. https://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_spm_final.pdf
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