Navigating medical issues in shale territory

New Solutions

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 209-221

  Saberi, Pouné ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure history; Health symptoms; Hydraulic fracturing; Natural gas

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS;

ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; NATURAL GAS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PENNSYLVANIA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84891461087     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.23.1.m     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. E. Houlihan and E. McAllister, “Analysis: Waking Giant-Marcellus Shale Bullies U.S. Gas Market,” October 15, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/15/us-energy-natgas-marcellus-idUSBRE89E12B20121015 (accessed October 19, 2012).
2. T. Colborn et al., “Natural Gas Operations from a Public Health Perspective,” International Journal of Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 17 (2011): 1039-1056, doi: 10.1080/10807039.2011.605662.
3. M. Bamberger and R. E. Oswald, “Impacts of Gas Drilling on Human and Animal Health,” New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 22 (1) (2012): doi: 10.2190/NS.22.1.e.
4. P. Rabinowitz, M. Scotch, and L. Conti, “Human and Animal Sentinels for Shared Health Risks,” Veterinalia Italiana 45 (1) (2009): 23-24.
5. Eastern Research Group, Inc. and Sage Environmental Consulting LP, City of Fort Worth Natural Gas Air Quality Study Final Report, 2011, http://fortworthtexas.gov/uploadedFiles/Gas_Wells/AirQualityStudy_final.pdf (accessed December 17, 2012).
6. Y. Adir et al., “Effects of Exposure to Low Concentrations of Carbon Monoxide on Exercise Performance and Myocardial Perfusion in Young Healthy Men,” Occupational & Environmental Medicine 56 (8) (1999): 535-538, doi: 10.1136/oem.56.8.535.
7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, 2005, http://clu-in.org/download/contaminant focus/pcb/third-report.pdf (accessed December 12, 2012).
8. R. Witter et al., Health Impact Assessment for Battlement Mesa, Garfield County Colorado, 2010, www.tcgasmap.org/media/Health%20Impacts%20Assessment%20 Garfield%20Ritter%20Final%20Draft%209-10.pdf (accessed October 22, 2012).
9. L. Walleigh, personal communication, July 20, 2012.
10. SWPA-EHP, “Medical Resources/Medical Toolkit,” http://www.environmentalhealth project.org/resources/medical-resources/(accessed December 12, 2012).
11. L. M. McKenzie et al., “Human Health Risk Assessment of Air Emissions from Development of Unconventional Natural Gas Resources,” Science of the Total Environment 424 (2012): 79-87, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.018.
12. R. Mylott and R. MacKay, Statement on Pavillion, Wyoming Groundwater Investigation, 2012, http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359 003fb69d/17640d44f5be4cef852579bb006432de!opendocument (accessed October 22, 2012).
13. D. C. DiGiulio, R. T. Wilkin, and C. Miller, Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming, 2011, http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/wy/pavillion/EPA_ReportOnPavillion_Dec-8-2011.pdf (accessed October 22, 2012).
14. P. Dittrick, “API: USGS Did Better Job Testing Pavillion Water Than EPA,” October 18, 2012, http://www.ogj.com/articles/2012/10/api-usgs-did-better-job-testing-pavillion-water-than-epa.html (accessed December 9, 2012).
15. World Heath Organization, Principles for Evaluating Health Risks in Children Associated with Exposure to Chemicals, 2007.
16. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Third External Review Draft of Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter, 2002, http://www.epa.gov/ncea/pdfs/partmatt/VOL_ I_AQCD_PM_3rd_Review_Draft.pdf (accessed October 14, 2012).
17. U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, “OSHA-NIOSH Hazard Alert: Worker Exposure to Silica During Hydraulic Fracturing,” 2012, www.osha.gov/dts/hazardalerts/ hydraulic_frac_hazard_alert.html (accessed October 22, 2012).
18. J. N. Thompson et al., “Use of a Questionnaire to Improve Occupational and Environmental History Taking in Primary Care Physicians,” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 42 (12) (2000): 1188-1194, doi: 10.1097/00043764-200012000-00014.
19. A. L. Frank, “Approach to the Patient with an Occupational or Environmental Illness,” Primary Care 27 (4) (2000): 877-894, doi: 10.1016/S0095-4543(05)70182-2.