Flaring at a fracked well in northwestern Pennsylvania. One potential cause of health problems, such as asthma, in communities with fracking is higher rates of air pollution. wcn247/flickr, CC BY-NC By Sara G. Rasmussen, Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Health...
Post Carbon Fellow Brian Schwartz was quoted in this article looking at possible health impacts of fracking. From the article: “The unconventional natural gas development process has numerous environmental impacts that could affect health,” said lead researcher...
Post Carbon Fellow Brian Schwartz was quoted in this article on CBS News about a new report linking over exposure to antibiotics with childhood obesity. From the article: For the study, Dr. Brian Schwartz, a professor in the Department...
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Press Release Expectant mothers who live near active natural gas wells operated by the fracking industry in Pennsylvania are at an increased risk of giving birth prematurely and for having high-risk pregnancies,...
Post Carbon Fellow Brian Schwartz and colleagues new research on risks posed to pregnant mothers by fracking was reported in this article.. From the article: New research from Johns Hopkins University suggests pregnant women living near fracking wells in...
By Brian Schwartz and Annemarie Hirsch In January 2015, President Obama launched the Precision Medicine Initiative, a plan to support research into treatment and prevention strategies that take differences between people – especially genetics – into account. However, precision medicine can’t just...
Post Carbon Fellow Brian Schwartz was quoted in this article on the threats posed to Americans by climate change as detailed in a recently released EPA study. From the article: The study also comes at an crucial stage in...
By Joan A. Casey and Brian S. Schwartz Indoor radon levels in Pennsylvania have been slowly rising since 2004, around the time that unconventional natural gas development using hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) began in the state. In our new study...
Cindy Parker and I, the Post Carbon Institute’s two Health Fellows, have partnered as co-editors with Jeremy Hess at Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control, and Howard Frumkin, Dean of the University of Washington School of Public...
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These articles are supplements to Will Natural Gas Fuel America in the 21st Century? (2013). They consider how the challenges posed by shale gas production have serious implications for the future of agriculture, transportation, and health in the United States....