ReviewEnvironmental geochemistry and health2018
A review of the public health impacts of unconventional natural gas development.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Commentary: Epidemiology, economics and the path to clean energy.International journal of epidemiology · 2021Article
- Lagging and Flagging: Air Pollution, Shale Gas Exploration and the Interaction of Policy, Science, Ethics and Environmental Justice in England.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Critical evaluation of human health risks due to hydraulic fracturing in natural gas and petroleum production.Archives of toxicology · 2020Review
- Impact of upstream oil extraction and environmental public health: A review of the evidence.The Science of the total environment · 2019Review
- Public Participation in Air Sampling and Water Quality Test Kit Development to Enable Citizen Science.Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action · 2019Article
- Examination of Child and Adolescent Hospital Admission Rates in Queensland, Australia, 1995-2011: A Comparison of Coal Seam Gas, Coal Mining, and Rural Areas.Maternal and child health journal · 2018Article
- Public Health and Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction Including Fracking: Global Lessons from a Scottish Government Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Shale gas activity and increased rates of sexually transmitted infections in Ohio, 2000-2016.PloS one · 2018Article
- Is Increasing Coal Seam Gas Well Development Activity Associated with Increasing Hospitalisation Rates in Queensland, Australia? An Exploratory Analysis 1995-2011.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
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5 authors.
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Abstract
The public health impact of hydraulic fracturing remains a high profile and controversial issue. While there has been a recent surge of published papers, it remains an under-researched area despite being possibly the most substantive change in energy production since the advent of the fossil fuel economy. We review the evidence of effects in five public health domains with a particular focus on the UK: exposure, health, socio-economic, climate change and seismicity. While the latter would seem not to be of significance for the UK, we conclude that serious gaps in our understanding of the other potential impacts persist together with some concerning signals in the literature and legitimate uncertainties derived from first principles. There is a fundamental requirement for high-quality epidemiological research incorporating real exposure measures, improved understanding of methane leakage throughout the process, and a rigorous analysis of the UK social and economic impacts. In the absence of such intelligence, we consider it prudent to incentivise further research and delay any proposed developments in the UK. Recognising the political realities of the planning and permitting process, we make a series of recommendations to protect public health in the event of hydraulic fracturing being approved in the UK.
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