The Environmental Health Project (EHP) is dedicated to providing healthcare providers with information about the health effects of unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD or “fracking”). This section includes papers, presentations, factsheets, and other resources. Please see our Medical Toolbox for additional resources.
Research & Factsheets
State of the Science 2016
06/10/2016
Shale Gas Exposure Problem
David Brown, ScD, Consultant, SWPA Environmental Health Project, McMurray, PA
06/10/2016
The Health Effects Associated with Air Pollution from Hydraulic Fracturing
Deborah Cowden, MD, Knox County Health Department Physician, Mount Vernon, OH
06/10/2016
Fracking Noise and Lights - Impacts on Local Residents
Cynthia Richburg, PhD, CCC-A, Professor/Audiologist, Special Education & Clinical Services Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Health Impacts On Children 2018
Exploring Health Impacts of Shale Gas Development on Children
06/06/2018
Hydraulic Fracturing – "Fracking" – and Children’s Health
Peggy Slota, DNP, RN, FAAN, Director, DNP Graduate Studies and Associate Professor at Georgetown University
06/06/2018
Examining the Association Between Unconventional Natural Gas Development and Health
Irena Gorski, MPH, PhD Student, Department of Environmental Health & Engineering at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
06/06/2018
Fracking and Health: Policy Practice in New York
Larysa Dyrszka, MD, Former Director of Pediatrics at Holy Name Hospital, NJ and Ned Ketyer, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician, SWPA Environmental Health Project Consultant
Shale Gas, Petrochemicals, and Health 2019
05/25/2019
From Wellhead to Ethane Cracker: Shale Gas, Petrochemicals, and Health
Ned Ketyer, M.D., F.A.A.P.
05/25/2019
Health Risks of Living in Close Proximity to Oil and Gas Development
Anne C. Epstein, MD, FACP
05/25/2019
Hydraulic Fracturing: Experiences with Clinical Evaluation
Michael Gary Abesamis, MD
County Health Risk Assessment
02/12/2019
Washington County Health Risk Assessment
01/30/2019
Westmoreland County Health Risk Assessment
Enhancing Health in Pennsylvania
Protecting Your Health and Where to Turn for Help: Resources for Shale Gas Communities Toolkit
02/13/2020
Tips for Talking to Your Health Care Provider
Tips for Talking to Your Health Care Provider - Concerns about Shale Gas Development (“Fracking”)
03/21/2019
Illustrated Stages of Shale Gas Development - Examining the potential for water and air contamination
Illustrated Stages of Shale Gas Development : Examining the potential for ground/surface water and air contamination
05/01/2017
Protecting Your Health from Shale Gas Development (Fracking)
Protecting Your Health from Shale Gas Development (Fracking)
Video/Webinar Presentations
10/15/2020
Hydrofracking and Exposure to Ionizing Radioactivity
Dr. David O. Carpenter
09/16/2020
Our Future with Natural Gas and Petrochemicals
Dr. Ned Ketyer
09/15/2020
Unconventional Natural Gas Development and Childhood Cancers
Dr. Shaina Stacy
08/11/2020
Shale Gas Extraction and Cancer: The Current Evidence
Dr. Marsha Haley
03/31/2020
Methane Pollution & Public Health
10/05/2017
Injection Wells 101 – Finding a Place for our Fracking Waste