racking/Public Health Controversy - National Conference on Shale Gas Production Impacts to be Held in DC
Salem-News.comThe conference will address industrial, geologic, toxicological, epidemiological, and health care factors.
 A shale-gas drilling and fracking site in Dimock, Pennsylvania. Courtesy: Vanity Fair |
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - On January 9, 2012, the nonprofit Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE) and the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (MACCHE) will conduct a conference bringing together experts from various research areas to address the public health aspects of unconventional natural gas drilling (also known as “hydro fracking”).
Public health experts, physicians and epidemiologists are invited to attend the “Epidemiologic and Public Health Considerations of Shale Gas Production: The Missing Link” conference event from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Waterview Conference Center, 1919 North Lynn Street, Arlington, VA. Conference fees are $75. Full program/registration details are available online at http://psehealthyenergy.org/
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