Doctors call for state ban on drilling and fracking

Abstract

The Pennsylvania Medical Society has called for a moratorium on new shale gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing and is urging the state to establish an independent health registry and start studying fracking’s public health impacts.

Resource Type

Magazine/newspaper article

Position paper/statement

Author

Don Hopey

Resource URL

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2016/10/27/Doctors-group-calls-for-moratorium-on-fracking-in-Pennsylvania/stories/201610270226

Publication

Pittsburg Post-Gazette

Date

October 27, 2016

Organization Type

News

Health and Human Impact

Overview/general

Climate and Environmental Impact

Overview/general

Emission Source

Unconventional energy

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