American Medical Association supports fracking chemical disclosure policy
Monday, June 15, 2015
According to Fuel Fix, American doctors want to know what fracking chemicals are made of.
At the American Medical Association’s annual meeting June 9, the group adopted a policy that supports disclosure requirements for hydraulic fracturing. Long-term public health and environmental changes will be more easily monitored and tracked with the new policy.
Texas is one state that requires chemical disclosure for fracking. After a June 28, 2014 natural gas well fire in Clarington, Ohio, state officials felt that Ohio’s disclosure laws, which leave the public in the dark about fracking chemicals, should be changed.
Via: Fuel Fix > What’s in your frac fluid? U.S. doctors want to know
More about fracking and health:
- University of Pittsburgh study focuses on birth weights near Marcellus gas wells June 7, 2015
- Gov. Wolf proposes Marcellus Shale health registry March 7, 2015
- The impact of Marcellus Shale development on health and health care Jan. 6, 2015
- Fracking sand could cause health problems Oct. 9, 2014
- Study: Potentially more health problems near fracking Sept. 20, 2014
- Pa. doctors to inform health department of drilling-related health problems in patients Aug. 5, 2014
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