PA Environment Digest Blog: Environmental Health Project To Hold April 1 Webinar On What The Shapiro Administration Can Do To Better Protect Public Health From The Impacts Of Shale Gas Development

The Environmental Health Project will hold an April 1 webinar on What The Shapiro Administration Can Do To Better Protect Public Health From the Impacts Of Shale Gas Development from Noon to 1:00 p.m.

The webinar will serve as a platform for the virtual release of “Pennsylvania’s Shale Gas Boom: What the Shapiro Administration Can Do to Better Protect Public Health,” a companion piece to our 2022 white paper on shale gas development accountability.

The program will highlight perspectives from frontline residents and members of government before providing recommendations for steps the Shapiro administration can take to effectively champion Pennsylvanians' health in the face of shale gas development.

Among the speakers will be --

-- Alison L. Steele, Executive Director, Environmental Health Project

-- Rep. Arvind Venkat, MD (D-Allegheny)

-- Lois Bower-Bjournson, SWPA Field Organizer, Clean Air. Council

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Resource Links - Health:

-- Part I - Environmental Impacts: State Dept. Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction [PaEN]

-- Part II - Health Impacts: State Dept. Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Studies Find Shale Gas Wells Can Make Asthma Worse; Children Have An Increased Chance Of Developing Lymphoma Cancer; Slightly Lower Birth Weights [PaEN]

-- State Dept. Of Health Apologizes For Not Listening To Communities Suffering Health Impacts From Shale Gas Development; New Health Study Results ‘Just The Tip Of The Iceberg’ [PaEN]

-- State Health Plan Identified Oil & Gas Development As Health Risk Last Year; Environmental Health Indicators Map Is Now Available To Show Potential Risks Near You [PaEN]

-- PA Shale Gas & Public Health Conference Attended By Nearly 480 People Featured Health Experts, Scientists, Advocacy Groups On Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Development [PaEN]

-- Fact Sheet: How Oil and Gas Operations Impact Your Baby’s Health

-- Frackland Video Tour, with Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council

-- AG Shapiro: Grand Jury Finds Pennsylvania Failed To Protect Citizens During Natural Gas Fracking Boom [June 2020]

-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA’s Dr. Ned Ketyer Shares Summary Of Studies Of Shale Gas Development Impacts On Human Health [PaEN]

-- 9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’ [PaEN]