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
Addressing Health Impacts Associated with the Extraction, Production, Transport and Use
Larysa Dyrszka, MD, Pediatrician, Co-founder of Concerned Health Professionals of New York, Glen Spey, NY
06/10/2016
Best Practices for Residents - Pennsylvania
Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, Associate Professor & Director, Center for Global and Public Health College of Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
06/10/2016
Developing a Case Definition for Health Effects from UOGD - A Discussion
Leslie Walleigh, MD, MPH, Maine Medical Center, Occupational Medicine and Public Health Consultant, SWPA Environmental Health Project, McMurray, PA
06/10/2016
Endocrine Disrupting Activity Associated with Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas Operations
Susan Nagel, PhD, Associate Professor, Obstetrics Gynecology & Women's Health, University of Missouri, School of Medicine, Columbia, MO
06/10/2016
Fracking Fumes - Air Pollution Impacts on Health and Well-Being
Robert Laumbach, MD, MPH, Faculty, Clinical Research and Occupational Medicine, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
06/10/2016
Fracking Operations 101 - What You Need to Know
Nina Katkins, PhD (c), MS, RN, Adjunct Professor of Nursing, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
06/10/2016
Hydraulic Fracturing - Experiences with Clinical Evaluation
Michael Abesamis, MD, Director of Medical Toxicology Outpatient Clinic, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
06/10/2016
Impacts of Gas Drilling and Infrastructure on Human and Animal Health
Robert Oswald, PhD, Professor of Molecular Medicine, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY
06/10/2016
Kid's Health in the Gas Patch
Edward Ketyer, MD, Pediatrician, Pediatric Alliance, Canonsburg, PA
06/10/2016
Living with Pennsylvania's Gas Boom - Voices from the Community
Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN, Associate Professor & Director, Center for Global and Public Health College of Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
06/10/2016
Local Regulation of Oil and Gas - Post Robinson
John Smith, Esq., Zoning and Land Use Law, Smith Butz - Attorneys at Law, Canonsburg, PA
06/10/2016
Mental Health and Unconventional Oil and Gas Development
Lydia Greiner, MSN, APRN, PMHNP- BC Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Consultant, SWPA Environmental Health Project, McMurray, PA
06/10/2016
NIOSH Oil & Gas Extraction Sector Program - Overview of Safety and Exposure Assessment Research
John Snawder, PhD, Leader, Biomonitoring Research Team, National Institute for Occupational Health & Safety, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Cincinnati, OH
06/10/2016
Perinatal Outcomes and Unconventional Natural Gas Development (UNGD) in Southwest Pennsylvania
Bruce Pitt, PhD, Professor and Environmental & Occupational Health Chair, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
06/10/2016
Shale Gas Development & Health - Update on Studies of the Geisinger Environmental Health Institute
Brian Schwartz, MD, MS, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, and Medicine, Senior Investigator, Geisinger Center for Health Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
06/10/2016
Shale Gas Development and Children - Understanding and Managing Risks
Beth Weinberger, PhD, Consultant, SWPA Environmental Health Project, McMurray, PA
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
Video/Webinar Presentations
10/15/2020
Hydrofracking and Exposure to Ionizing Radioactivity
Dr. David O. Carpenter