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Impacts of Fracking in North & South America

March 26 @ 1:00 pm EDT

 

Resources in English & Spanish

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) poses serious health and environmental hazards. These hazards have been documented and explored in hundreds of peer reviewed publications. These studies are categorized, summarized and analyzed in the 9th edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure, published in 2023 by Concerned Health Professionals of New York and Physicians for Social Responsibility. The Compendium covers topic areas including air pollution, water contamination, radioactive releases, birth outcomes, children’s health effects, and others.

Lessons learned within the United States are also relevant in other parts of the world. The forthcoming Spanish translation of the Compendium will make the full set of scientific information available to professionals and frontline communities confronting fracking-related hazards across Central and South America. It will also be useful for Spanish-speaking and Limited English Proficiency communities in the United States.

In this webinar, Dr. Kathy Nolan will provide a brief overview of the science presented in the Compendium, with a focus on pathways of contamination and human health harms of fracking-related exposures. Fernando Cabrera will discuss how fracking is threatening communities in Argentina. Nancy Piñeiro will comment briefly on the role of language justice in ensuring that affected communities have access to the scientific information they need.

This webinar will be presented with simultaneous English/Spanish interpretation.

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