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Essential Elements to Improve Disclosure of Chemicals Used in Oil and Gas Operations
The use of chemicals is an important and potentially dangerous part of oil and gas production. Some of the chemicals used in drilling, hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), and other types of…
Chemical Makers’ Exemptions from Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules
Chemical Manufacturers Know the Most About Fracking Chemical Contents but State Fracking Chemical Disclosure Laws Exempt the Manufacturers, Undermining the Public’s Right to Know In the sixteen leading oil- and…
Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure
Eighth Edition PSR is proud to co-release the eighth edition of the fracking “Compendium,” a collection of some 2,000 abstracts of and links to medical, scientific and investigative reports about the consequences of oil…
Mercury and Air Toxics PSR Testimony
PSR Environment & Health Director Barbara Gottlieb and PSR Climate Ambassadors Janis B. Petzel, MD and Alan Lockwood, MD, FAAN, FANA, testified before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in support…
Webinar: Fracking with PFAS in Colorado
A new report by Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) presents previously unpublicized evidence that energy firms have used a class of extremely toxic chemicals known as PFAS in Colorado oil…
Fracking with “Forever Chemicals” in Colorado
PSR is proud to release the latest in our series of reports on the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in oil and gas wells. Fracking with “Forever Chemicals”…
PSR Testimony on Toxic Mercury Pollution
On September 8th, 2021, Barbara Gottlieb, Environment and Health Program director, represented Physicians for Social Responsibility in front of the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB). She commented…
Video: Fracking with Your Health
Physicians for Social Responsibility aren’t fracking with your health. It’s time our energy sources did the same.
