what's the story? fracking: facts vs. fiction
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Increased awareness about using a highly technical process called hydraulic fracturing to recover natural gas trapped deep within the Marcellus shale has created questions about related human-health and environmental impacts. Associated arguments, both pro and con, have often been subjective, emotional and unscientific. This publication by the American Council on Science and Health is aimed at a systematic, objective review of documented types and rates of hydrofracturing-fluid-and chemical-related incidents affecting human health, to date, in the region of the Marcellus Shale Play.TRANSCRIPT
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Science. Not Hype.American Council on Science and Health
THE SCIENTIFIC FA
CTS ABOUT
fracking facts vs. fiction
Water, Health and the Environment
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Members
FOUNDERS CIRCLE
ACSH STAFF
James E. Enstrom, Ph.D., M.P.H.University of California, Los AngelesThom GolabMedia Research CenterHerbert I. London, Ph.D.London Center for Policy ResearchStephen ModzelewskiMaple Engine LLC
Paul A. Offit, M.D.Childrens Hospital of PhiladelphiaFred L. Smith, Jr.Competitive Enterprise InstituteDaniel T. Stein, M.D.Albert Einstein College of Medicine
ChairmanRobert L. Brent, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. (Hon)Thomas Jefferson University / A. I. duPontHospital for Children
Vice ChairmanNigel Bark, M.D.Albert Einstein College of Medicine
PresidentElizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
President, ACSH
Josh Bloom, Ph.D.Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical SciencesRuth Kava, Ph.D., R.D.Senior Fellow in NutritionErik LiefDirector of CommunicationsAna MarceloExecutive Assistant to the PresidentCheryl MartinAssociate Director and Director of DevelopmentWilliam McCainDevelopment Associate
Gilbert Ross, M.D.Executive and Medical DirectorAriel SavranskyAssociate Director of Public HealthAna SimovskaDirector of Video ProductionsRichard Weeks, CPAAccountantElizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.President, ACSH
Norman E. Borlaug, Ph.D.(1914-2009)(Years of Service to ACSH: 1978-2009)Father of the Green RevolutionNobel Laureate
Fredrick J. Stare, M.D., Ph.D.(1910-2002)(Years of Service to ACSH: 1978-2002)Founder, Harvard Department of Nutrition
This publication was adapted by Dr. Josh Bloom, Director of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, ACSH. It is based on the peer-reviewed book Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale: Water and Health, Facts vs. Fiction (ISBN, 978-0-9910055-1-2) written for ACSH by Dr. Theodore F. Them and the respective annotated summary book, Fracking and Health: Facts vs. Fiction (ISBN 978-0-9910055-2-9) edited by William Kucewicz.
To purchase copies of the related books visit Amazon.com; To view them online visit ACSH.org. For more general information contact ACSH.
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