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Health Implications of Fracking for Natural Gas in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin

Health Implications of Fracking for Natural Gas in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin

 January 10, 2012 at 12:00pm EST

 

This session is available for download or online streaming at the bottom of this page. 

Important Notice:

Due to a high demand for this issue briefing, the session has been extended by 30 minutes and will now run from 12:00pm EST to 1:30pm EST on Tuesday, January 10, 2012. Any participants that would prefer to leave the call at the originally announced time of 1:00pm are certainly welcome to—the extension in time is to accomodate any extra questions that arise from the high number of participants. 

 
The U.S. EPA recently concluded that chemicals used in fracking for natural gas in Wyoming have been found in water supplies in the area at concentrations well above the Safe Drinking Water standard. Proposals to use fracking processes to obtain natural gas are rampant through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River basin. These operations pose a major threat to the health of all life in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River basin.
 
Research by The Endocrine Disruption Exchange on the 353 chemicals used in various fracking processes found that 40-50% of these substances could affect the brain/nervous system, immune and cardiovascular systems, and the kidneys; 37% could affect the endocrine system; and 25% could cause cancer and mutations.
 
In this issue briefing, you will be informed of the health implications of fracking and updated on the status of fracking in each province and state in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River basin.
 
Presenters:
Dr Theo Colborn of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange
 
Kim Cornelissen of Association québécoise de lutte contre la pollution atmosphérique 
 
John Jackson of Great Lakes United.

This session will be a conference call presentation with a visual component (a .pdf file that will be emailed to participants) and an interactive Q&A with the experts. Registration for this event is now closed, but anyone wishing to hear a recording of the presentations may check back on this webpage after the conference, where an audio file will be available for download. 

 

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Health Implications of Fracking_January 10, 2012_final.pdf2.81 MB
Fracking Briefing Great Lakes United Jan10_2012.mp320.07 MB
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