Health Impact Assessment of Shale Gas Extraction: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, and Medicine Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research

Natural gas extraction from shale formations, which includes hydraulic fracturing, is increasingly in the news as the use of extraction technologies has expanded, rural communities have been transformed seemingly overnight, public awareness has increased, and regulations have been developed. The governmental public health system, which retains primary responsibility for health, was not an early participant in discussions about shale gas extraction;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030928791X
• ISBN13: 9780309287913
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"