The PA League of Women Voters and Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health will host the 2018 Shale and Public Health Conference on November 14 at the University of Pittsburgh University Club, 123 University Place in Pittsburgh from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Topics to be covered in the Conference, include--

-- Unconventional Natural Gas Development, Pediatric Asthma and Infant Health-- Elaine Hill, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center;

-- Shale Gas Activity and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Ohio-- Nicole Deziel, PhD, Yale;

-- Human Health Impacts of Spreading Oil & Gas Wastewater on Roads-- Nathaniel Warner, PhD, Penn State;

-- Research on Shale Development & Childhood Cancer in Pennsylvania-- Shaina Stacy, PhD, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center;

-- Public Health Impacts across the Plastics Lifecycle; and

-- Improving access to health information and treatment.

A special break-out session for physicians and health professionals Ned Ketyer, MD FAAP and Jessa Chabeau, MSW.

Click Here to register or for more information.  Call 800-61-SHALE for more information.

[Posted: Nov. 7, 2018]

11/12/2018