Comments on: Frack Sand Dust Poses Lung Disease Risks https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/03/30/frack-sand-dust-poses-lung-disease-risks/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Eileen Barziloski https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/03/30/frack-sand-dust-poses-lung-disease-risks/#comment-78044 Eileen Barziloski Thu, 29 May 2014 22:15:13 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=7946#comment-78044 We are trying to stop a sand transfer plant from operating on the edge of our town. Please whatever help you can give us will be helpful. We are trying to stop a sand transfer plant from operating on the edge of our town. Please whatever help you can give us will be helpful.

]]> By: Duane Nichols https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/03/30/frack-sand-dust-poses-lung-disease-risks/#comment-28539 Duane Nichols Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:55:38 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=7946#comment-28539 Pittsburgh Health Summit on Chemical Exposure in Gasfield Communities Saturday April 6th, 2013,  Conference Time: 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Location: The Carnegie Science Center 1 Allegheny Ave, Pittsburgh, PA Google Maps URL: http://goo.gl/maps/xP7UK Purpose: Recent technological advances in directional drilling and high volume slickwater hydraulic fracturing have stimulated the rapid development of a complex industrial network. In addition to multi-acre well pads, this network includes compressor stations, cryogenic separation plants, crystalline silica sand transfer stations, landfills that accept radioactive drill cuttings, and open impoundments for freshwater, flowback and other hazardous liquids. Incidences of human and animal health impacts from living near these facilities are increasingly documented, principally through the efforts of concerned citizens and community-based action groups.   The Pittsburgh Health Summit will serve to further amplify the voices of people who suffer with symptoms of chemical exposure as they seek protection from air and waterborne contaminants generated by the rapidly expanding shale gas and oil industry. The event will be facilitated by Dr. Gerald Groves. Registration: There is no cost to attend but registration is required. Lunch and light snacks will be provided. Contact Information: Dr. Yuri Gorby Howard A. Blitman Chair in Environmental Engineering Professor, Department of Biology Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York, 12080 ygorby@gmail.com Ernesto Villaseñor Gates Millennium Scholarship Program GMS Advisor & Ambassador Hispanic Scholarship Fund Undergraduate Student & Research Assistant Science and Technology Studies Dept. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York, 12180 villae2@rpi.edu SOURCE REFERENCE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tdHH0rdF0gcVJ6sFb1h0DcFx_XMhww0LVtk4L_JtRy8/viewform Pittsburgh Health Summit on Chemical Exposure in Gasfield Communities

Saturday April 6th, 2013,  Conference Time: 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

Location:

The Carnegie Science Center
1 Allegheny Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Google Maps URL: http://goo.gl/maps/xP7UK

Purpose: Recent technological advances in directional drilling and high volume slickwater hydraulic fracturing have stimulated the rapid development of a complex industrial network. In addition to multi-acre well pads, this network includes compressor stations, cryogenic separation plants, crystalline silica sand transfer stations, landfills that accept radioactive drill cuttings, and open impoundments for freshwater, flowback and other hazardous liquids. Incidences of human and animal health impacts from living near these facilities are increasingly documented, principally through the efforts of concerned citizens and community-based action groups. 

 The Pittsburgh Health Summit will serve to further amplify the voices of people who suffer with symptoms of chemical exposure as they seek protection from air and waterborne contaminants generated by the rapidly expanding shale gas and oil industry. The event will be facilitated by Dr. Gerald Groves.

Registration: There is no cost to attend but registration is required. Lunch and light snacks will be provided.

Contact Information:

Dr. Yuri Gorby
Howard A. Blitman Chair in Environmental Engineering
Professor, Department of Biology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York, 12080
ygorby@gmail.com

Ernesto Villaseñor
Gates Millennium Scholarship Program
GMS Advisor & Ambassador
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Undergraduate Student & Research Assistant
Science and Technology Studies Dept.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York, 12180
villae2@rpi.edu

SOURCE REFERENCE:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tdHH0rdF0gcVJ6sFb1h0DcFx_XMhww0LVtk4L_JtRy8/viewform

]]> By: Yuri Gorby https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/03/30/frack-sand-dust-poses-lung-disease-risks/#comment-28531 Yuri Gorby Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:43:48 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=7946#comment-28531 And remember, this is not simply silica sand. The material that is injected into the air during fracking and flaring is coated with a laundry list of hazardous chemicals. No toxicological analyses have been conducted on coated silica, but one must assume that silicosis may be only a part of the problem. yuri And remember, this is not simply silica sand. The material that is injected into the air during fracking and flaring is coated with a laundry list of hazardous chemicals. No toxicological analyses have been conducted on coated silica, but one must assume that silicosis may be only a part of the problem. yuri

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