Julie Miller from the state Department of Health will be presenting this topic which targets providers who practice in and around fracking operations in Pennsylvania and care for impacted residents and workers.
The program is designed for all health professionals, but the general public is also invited to participate.
The discussion will center on a challenge case presented by Dr. Ned Ketyer involving a family in Washington County experiencing “burning” rashes on the face, neck and chest, bloody noses, sore throats, headache and other symptoms.
The family lives 1,800 feet from a shale gas well pad and two days prior to the medical visit a gas pipeline pigging station 1,450 feet away from the family’s home starting venting gas that traveled toward the house.
The family was outside at the time and ran inside, but not before being exposed.
The objective of the webinar is to answer these questions--
-- What can providers do and say to alleviate patient fear and frustration in the face of chronic exposure to fracking?
-- What chronic health impacts should be monitored for based on these types of chemical exposures?
-- How can providers and health systems advocate for patients and communities when health and safety are threatened by the oil and gas industry?
Click Here for the slides outlining the challenge case.
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Chick Here for a calendar of other upcoming Project ECHO educational programs.
Visit the Department of Health’s Oil and Natural Gas Production Health Concerns webpage for more resources for the public and health care providers.
Click Here to submit an Environmental Health Concern near you to the state Department of Health.
[Note: Although not named in the material, the case study being used involves pollution releases from the CNX Oak Springs Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Station in South Franklin Township, Washington County.
[In December 2022, the facility released an estimated 1.1 million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants in a way that sounded like a jet plane.
[This same Station plagued the community with blowdowns releasing natural gas and liquid chemicals three times a day, seven days a week for nearly 10 years before Attorney General Shapiro successfully brought criminal charges against CNX for reporting violations. Read more here.
[The CEO of CNX gave a presentation to DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council on February 11 saying its “Radical Transparency” monitoring program shows “no material impact” to air or water quality from natural gas development. Read more here.]
Resource Links:
Upcoming Event
PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 8 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 100 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In February 8 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Related Articles This Week:
-- Washington County Judge Rules Sunoco Pipeline Did Not Have Eminent Domain Authority To Take Property For Mariner East Pipelines In Landowner Lawsuit Alleging Fraud [PaEN]
-- What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: DEP: Southwestern Energy Prod Co. Failed To Comply With Act 2 Cleanup Standards At The Greenzweig Shale Gas Wastewater Impoundment In Bradford County After 5 Years [PaEN]
-- What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: DEP Signs Consent Order With Roulette Oil & Gas To Plug Shale Gas Well Abandoned For 8 Years In Hebron Twp., Potter County [PaEN]
-- DEP, Attorney General Announce $14,866,280 In Grants To Fund 79 Local Water Quality Improvement Projects Funded By Growing Greener, Natural Gas Pipeline Penalties [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Includes Energy Plan; Funding To Make-up Deficit In Oil & Gas Program; New State Park, Trail Initiative; Over $6.2 Billion In Federal Funding At Risk For DEP, DCNR, PennVEST [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- The Energy Age Blog: Judge Rules Sunoco Didn’t Have Eminent Domain Power For Mariner East Pipelines Work In 2013; Lawsuit Claims Company Coerced Property Owners Into Allowing Easements
-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Judge Rules Sunoco Did Not Have Eminent Domain Powers For Mariner East Pipeline In 2013 In Landowner Lawsuit Alleging Fraud [PDF of Article]
-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Pennsylvania’s New Energy Plan A ‘Betrayal’ To Those On Front Lines, Critics Say
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: New Data Shows Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Failed To Boost Local Economy
-- WSJ: US Imposes 10% Tariff On Canadian Oil, Gas, 25% On Other Products [PDF of Article] [United Refining In Warren Uses 70,000 Barrels Of Canadian Oil A Day ] [Tariff Temporarily Suspended]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Chinese Tariffs On US Exports Of Natural Gas, Coal, Energy To China Bring Deja Vu To Local Players
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Will Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Survive As President Takes Aim At Clean Energy?
-- Wall Street Journal: US Oil, Gas Frackers And Saudi Officials Tell President They Won’t Drill More No Matter How Many Regulations Are Rolled Back, Prices Are Too Low [PDF of article]
[Posted: February 12, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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