Health concerns put shale gas exploration in spotlight

Fracking involves injecting a mix of water and chemicals into the rocks at high pressure (Copyright K A/Geography.org.uk

Pressure is growing on the Shale gas industry to “push the pause button” on exploration following a growing consensus in the medical community that the potential health impacts of gas exploration have not been addressed.

Delegates at a conference this week held by the Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE) and the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (MACCHE), called on government to halt the rapid expansion of Hydraulic fracturing – more commonly known as ‘fracking’ – while research into its effects is carried out.

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