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Outdoor Air Toxics

Webinar: Outdoor Air Toxics

The latest research and fracking’s impacts on community health, featuring speaker Larysa Dyrszka, MD.

Statement

PSR Position Statement on Hydraulic Fracturing

The PSR National Board of Directors adopted, at its May 2016 meeting, a policy calling for a ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

Health Impacts Gas Infrastructure

Webinar: Health Impacts of Gas Infrastructure Pipelines & Compressors

This webinar, cosponsored by PSR-New York and PSR-National, explores the health consequences of fracking pipelines and compressor stations that carry fracked gas from the wellsite to refineries.

Fact Sheet

Natural Gas: Not a healthy or climate-protective solution for the Clean Power Plan

Building natural gas plants to replace coal-fired power is not a solution to the climate crisis; it merely replaces one fossil fuel with another.

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Fracking and Air Pollution

A growing body of scientific evidence links the fracking boom with serious risks to air quality and health.

Letter to Congress on Liquified Natural Gas

A letter from PSR and other groups opposing H.R. 6, which would sidestep environmental review of LNG exports.

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The Health Risks of Fracking in Colorado

An interview with Lisa McKenzie, PhD, MPH on a health risk assessment of natural gas drilling in Colorado.

How Fracking Harms Communities

How Fracking Harms Communities

Jill Kriesky, PhD on socioeconomic change and human stress associated with shale gas extraction.

The Big Secret? Fracking Fluids

The Big Secret? Fracking Fluids

Walter H. Tsou, MD, MPH on the dangers of the toxic chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.

Shale Gas and Public Health

Shale Gas and Public Health

Jake Hays and Adam Law, MD on the public health concerns of hydraulic fracturing.