Videos of the presentations made at the November Shale Gas & Public Health Conference hosted by the PA League Of Women Voters and University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

Of particular note, was a presentation on the preliminary results of a Penn State University study on health risks associated with the road spreading of conventional oil and gas wastewater. 

The new Penn State research study by a team led by Dr. Nathaniel Warner found road dumping of conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater results in increased cancer risks for people living along those roads, especially children.

The study found increased cancer risk from arsenic, lead and nickel in road dust contaminated by wastewater that is above the one in a million risk threshold.

In addition, increased health risks were found to younger populations from the neurotoxins like arsenic, manganese and lead, also found in the wastewater contaminated road dust.  [Read more here.]

Click Here to view all the videos from the Conference.

Visit the PA League of Women Voters’ The Straight Scoop On Shale webpage for more resources on issues related to the development of shale natural gas in Pennsylvania.

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-- Group Against Smog & Pollution Dec. 15 Webinar: Making The Connection - The Link Between Pollution & Mental Illness

-- Environmental Health Project Personal Narrative: Rose Friend's Home In Washington County Surrounded By Natural Gas Drill Pads, Compressor Stations

-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council Meets Dec. 16 On Road Spreading Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Other Issues

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-- Bay Journal: Massive Aid On The Way To Plug Pollution From Oil, Gas Wells In Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Act

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[Posted: December 8, 2021]

12/13/2021