IMPACTS OF GAS DRILLING ON HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH
IMPACTS OF GAS DRILLING ON HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH
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DOI：
10.2190/ns.22.1.e
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发表时间：
2012-05-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Oswald, Robert E.
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作者：
Bamberger, Michelle;Oswald, Robert E.
由于页岩气钻探作业的扩大，围绕天然气钻探的环境问题非常严重。围绕钻井对空气和水质影响的争议使工业和租赁者与关心环境保护和公共卫生的个人和团体对立起来。由于动物经常持续暴露在空气、土壤和地下水中，并且有更频繁的生殖周期，因此可以将动物用作监测对人类健康影响的哨兵。这项研究涉及到对住在天然气钻井作业附近的动物主人的采访。研究结果说明了钻井过程的哪些方面可能导致健康问题，并提出了减少但不能消除影响的修改建议。由于化学品测试和披露不完整，以及保密协议，无法获得有关天然气钻井对健康影响的完整证据。如果没有严格的科学研究，席卷全球的天然气钻探热潮将仍然是一个不受控制的大规模健康实验。
Environmental concerns surrounding drilling for gas are intense due to expansion of shale gas drilling operations. Controversy surrounding the impact of drilling on air and water quality has pitted industry and leaseholders against individuals and groups concerned with environmental protection and public health. Because animals often are exposed continually to air, soil, and groundwater and have more frequent reproductive cycles, animals can be used as sentinels to monitor impacts to human health. This study involved interviews with animal owners who live near gas drilling operations. The findings illustrate which aspects of the drilling process may lead to health problems and suggest modifications that would lessen but not eliminate impacts. Complete evidence regarding health impacts of gas drilling cannot be obtained due to incomplete testing and disclosure of chemicals, and nondisclosure agreements. Without rigorous scientific studies, the gas drilling boom sweeping the world will remain an uncontrolled health experiment on an enormous scale.