Colorado Study Emerges As Model For Assessing Health Effects Of Drilling

摘要

Local officials and researchers in Garfield County, CO, are seeking to finalize a first-time health impact assessment (HIA) showing potential adverse health effects from a planned natural gas production facility, a study that could provide a model for how EPA and other researchers assess the health risks of drilling operations. A draft version of the HIA released this year found that exposure to air pollutants associated with the well pads posed a greater risk to residents than exposure to chemicals through water or soil contamination, therefore "methods to reduce air pollution and monitor the air should be the focus of current and future pollution prevention."