Information for Medical Professionals

Sign-on Letter for Medical Professionals and Organizations

Fact Sheet:  Health and Human Rights Issues Related to Drilling for Natural Gas

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Professional Organizations Speak out on Hydrofracking:

 Medical Society of the State of NY  Calls for Moratorium

• Medical Society of the State of NY Position Apr., 2013

• Statement of American Pediatrics Society, NY Chapter on Hydrofracking MOS-pediatrics A10940 hydrofrack

• Tompkins Co. Medical Society. moratorium statement

• ANA URGES SUPPORT FOR TOXIC CHEMICALS SAFETY ACT July, 2010

• Commentary: Insufficient evidence hydrofracking safe, says Dr. David Duggan, president of Onondaga County Medical Society.  Friday, November 26, 2010   http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2010/11/commentary_insufficient_eviden.html

• Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown,  Board of Trustees Statement on Hydrofracking. Feb 21, 2011  

• THE MEDICAL SOCIETIES of the Counties of ONEIDA, HERKIMER, MADISON, CHENANGO, OSWEGO & CAYUGA 4311 Middle Settlement Road, New Hartford, New York 13413-5317. Telephone (315) 735-2204          Fax (315) 735-1608 E-mail: kdyman@medsocieties.com Kathleen E. Dyman, Executive Vice President.  These medical Societies have signed on to the Letter above.   Respectfully, Nameer Haider, MD. President Oneida County Medical Society. Suresh K. Sharma, MD President Herkimer County Medical Society Jeffrey Kramer, MD President Chenango County Medical Society Bashar Omarbasha, MD President Madison County Medical Society. Corliss Varnum, MD President Oswego County Medical Society.  Muhammad Iqbal, MD President Cayuga County Medical Society

• N.Y. has to really study gas drilling impact.  SGEIS By Robert Howarth and Larysa Dyrszka, Commentary.Updated 07:57 a.m., Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Presentations, hearings, conferences on Health Effects of Hydrofracking

Health Surveys:

Health Impact Assessment:

Air Pollution:

• Connection between Air pollution and Hydrofracking flyer

• Do Gas Wells Pose Health Risks?  Pittsburgh Gazette Aug. 2010

• Amazing World Map  http://breathingearth.net/ Place the mouse on any country, and watch the interesting statistics in the bottom left corner  watch the statistics change for the world.

Accidents and Injuries Related to Oil/Gas Production

Food Supply:

• Martha Goodsell:  Local Food Production and Gas Drilling: are they really compatible?  https://acrobat.com/#d=nZsSXQ3jSFGOpOf41XyczQ

• Fracking With Food: How the Natural Gas Industry Poisons Cows and Crops
  By Byard Duncan, AlterNet
  Posted on July 30, 2010, Printed on July 30, 2010
  http://www.alternet.org/story/147634/
  19 Cattle Deaths.  An unidentified substance that apparently flowed from a natural gas drilling site into a pasture is is being eyed as a potential cause of the deaths of 19 head of cattle Tuesday evening, according to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

• See also:  Agricultural Impacts

New York State Assembly May 26 Hearing on Health Effects of Shale Gas Extraction

Psychological Effects:

Chemical Hazards:

General Fracking Resources: 

Hazards to Schools – Forth Worth, TX

• Fort Worth League of Neighborhoods- Hazards to Schools

Water Contamination:

• See Also: Water Quality/Release Data

• See Also: Water Resources/Testing/Contamination

Case Studies: