{"id":4796,"date":"2017-01-11T14:21:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T12:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabado100.com.ar\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2017-01-11T14:21:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T12:21:19","slug":"creative-minds-exploring-the-health-effects-of-fracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabado100.com.ar\/es-ar\/creative-minds-exploring-the-health-effects-of-fracking\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative minds: exploring the health effects of fracking"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Elaine Hill.-<\/strong> A few years ago, Elaine Hill was a doctoral student in applied economics at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, studying maize markets in Uganda [1] and dairy supply chains in the northeastern U.S [2]. But when fracking\u2014a controversial, hydraulic fracturing technique used to produce oil and natural gas\u2014became a hot topic in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, Hill was motivated to shift gears.
\nAfter watching a documentary about fracking, Hill decided to search for scientific evidence on its possible health effects, but found relatively little high-quality data. So, she embarked on a new project\u2014one that eventually earned her a Ph.D.\u2014to evaluate what, if any, impact fracking has on infant and child health. Now, supported by a 2015 NIH Director\u2019s Early Independence Award, Hill is pursuing this line of research further as an assistant professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.
\nDuring the fracking process, production crews bore up to a mile or more into the ground to tap deposits of oil and gas trapped in shale and other underground rock formations. They then inject large volumes of water, sand, and chemicals into the ground at very high pressures, fracturing the rock and releasing oil and gas deposits through what\u2019s commonly known as a \u201cshale gas well.\u201d Most health concerns focus on potentially toxic chemicals in the mix created by fracking, which either remains underground or is stored in above-ground waste ponds. These chemicals\u2014ranging from acids to hydrocarbons\u2014have the potential to enter air, soil, and\/or groundwater.
\nIn 2013, at an International Society for Environmental Epidemiology conference, Hill presented results based on birth records and drilling sites exploring the health effects of fracking on babies born to mothers living near shale gas wells in Colorado and Pennsylvania [3]. Among 2,500 infants born in Pennsylvania, Hill found that newborns living within 1 1\/2 miles of a well weighed less on average than those born in the same area before the drilling took place. Similarly, in a sample of 22,000 births in Colorado, she found that infants living within about a half mile of a well weighed less at birth and were more often born prematurely in comparison to those living about 1 to 3 miles from the nearest well. While those early results are unsettling, they are preliminary\u2014and more research is clearly needed to confirm Hill\u2019s findings and explore other important questions in this highly controversial area.
\nIn her new work, Hill plans to study communities near shale gas wells to see whether those located on land with non-negotiated or inferior lease terms\u2014which dictate the conditions under which oil and gas producers may drill\u2014have fewer environmental and health protections. If that turns out to be the case, she\u2019ll then look for possible associations between less stringent protections and health problems, particularly reproductive health outcomes and respiratory diseases in children. In addition, Hill plans to study child health outcomes in fracking communities with those in demographically similar communities where no fracking has occurred.
\nHill\u2019s work comes as a reminder that protecting and improving our health requires many creative minds. That will take many different approaches to pursue many different kinds of scientific questions, including those with major environmental and societal implications.<\/p>\n

References:
\n[1] Local and Regional Procurement of Food Aid in Uganda: The Experience of Maize Traders. Upton, J, Hill E. Working Paper. March 2011.
\n[2] Environmental and Economic Impacts of Localizing Food Systems: The Case of Dairy Supply Chains in the Northeastern United States. Nicholson CF, He X, G\u00f3mez MI, Gao HO, Hill E. Environ Sci Technol. 2015 Oct 20;49(20):12005-14.
\n[3] Hydraulic Fracturing and Infant Health: Evidence From Pennsylvania and Colorado. Hill E. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) abstract. 2013<\/p>\n

Links:
\nImpacts of Fracking (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences\/NIH)
\nElaine Hill (University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY)
\nHill NIH Project Information (NIH RePORTER)
\nNIH Early Independence Award Program (Common Fund)<\/p>\n

Colaboraci\u00f3n del ge\u00f3logo Daniel Pustilnik desde Icho Cruz (C\u00f3rdoba).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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