Hydraulic Fracturing and Your Health: Air Contamination
- Abstract
The process of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is a newer and more dangerous version of natural gas and oil extraction. Designed to enable the extraction of previously untapped gas and oil reserves, fracking pumps a high-pressure mixture of toxic chemicals and water underground to fracture deep shale rock formations. The shale-gas boom of the past 15 years is unprecedented, bringing heavy industry into proximity with over 15 million Americans.
- Resource Type
- Factsheet/pamphlet
- Author
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
- Date
- July, 2014
- Institution
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
- Organization Type
- Ngo
- Health and Human Impact
- Respiratory disease
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Air pollution
- Emission Source
- Unconventional energy
- Fossil Fuel
- Natural gas
- GHG
- Overview/general
- Solution
- Renewable/clean energy