Environmental and Health Risks of Oil and Gas Development

摘要

1. Toxic Air Emissions: Benzene 2. Human Health Impacts Associated with Air Emissions 3. Risk of Groundwater Contamination 4. The Precautionary Principle and Public Health. A highly toxic carcinogen that occurs naturally in oil and gas 1. VOC-volatile organic compound Long-term health effects 2. Leukemia- a "Group 1 Carcinogen" 3. Life-threatening anemia Immune system suppression 4. Possible fetal abnormalities High levels of exposure 5. Coma, seizures, irregular heart rhythms, fluid in the lungs, death Children and developing fetuses are more vulnerable to all toxic air emissions.