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Fracking, shale gas and health: A case for precaution By Barb Harris
Presentation by Dr. Larysa Dyrszka, MD
http://www.upstate.edu/cnymph/pdf/hydraulic_fracturing_implications.pdf
By the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit
“Dr. Jerome Paulson, a physician and director of Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment, said that the fracking industry has told the public that the drilling procedure is safe, so there is no reason to hide information on health impacts from public view. Nondisclosure agreements with private landowners and disclosure exemptions, Paulson said, are preventing doctors from doing their jobs and protecting the public.
“How do we provide appropriate treatment recommendations to who are ill?” Paulson asked during a press conference last week. “For the population of individuals who are healthy, how do we provide prevention recommendations when we don’t have the information?”
A spokesperson for the Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry group that represents fracking companies in Pennsylvania, was not available for comment.” Source