FRACK FREE SUSSEX has produced a booklet highlighting some of the documented health risks caused by fracking. You can DOWNLOAD the leaflet here and are welcome to print for your own use, or that of local groups. Please contact if you would like a copy for print runs.
 

An ever-growing list of the individuals and families that have been harmed by fracking (or fracked gas and oil production) in the US.  The LIST OF THE HARMED  https://pennsylvaniaallianceforcleanwaterandair.wordpress.com/the-list/

Letter to President Obama from 1000 health professionals calling for a halt to fracking http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2014/02/21/compiled_hp_letters_to_president_obama.2.20.14.pdf

Compendium Of Scientific, Medical, And Media Findings Demonstrating Risks And Harms Of Fracking (Unconventional Gas And Oil Extraction http://concernedhealthny.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/CHPNY-Fracking-Compendium.pdf

The UK Medact Report “The arguments against fracking on public health and ecological grounds are overwhelming. There are clear grounds for adopting the precautionary principle and prohibiting fracking” http://www.medact.org/fracking/

Physicians for Social Responsibility http://www.psr.org/resources/fracking-compendium.html

Sandra Steingraber (US biologist, ecologist, author) http://steingraber.com/category/fracking/

Fracking Literally Makes People Sick, New Study Finds http://ecowatch.com/2014/09/11/fracking-pennsylvania-people-sick/

Fracking Poisoning Families at Alarming Rate: Report http://www.commondreams.org/news/2012/10/19/fracking-poisoning-families-alarming-rate-report

Public meeting highlighting true stories from those sickened by Pennsylvania fracking

Fracking Our Food Supply http://www.projectcensored.org/18-fracking-food-supply/

Doctors Call on Obama for more regulation on fracking http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/20/3314651/doctors-fracking/#

Australian Doctors Have Raised A Health Red Flag Over Coal Seam Gas Developments http://www.businessinsider.com.au/australian-doctors-have-raised-a-health-red-flag-over-coal-seam-gas-developments-2014-3

Dead Babies and Utah's Carbon Bomb http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23885-dead-babies-and-utahs-carbon-bomb

Hormone-disrupting activity of fracking chemicals worse than initially found http://www.sciencedaily.com/

Fracking, dead cows and…RADIATION? http://commonsensecanadian.ca/fracking-dead-cows-radiation/

Be aware of health problems near fracking sites http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/be-aware-of-health-problems-near-fracking-sites/article/300741/#

Since Governor Cuomo’s inauguration in January 2010, hundreds of health professionals and organizations from across the state of New York have called on his administration to conduct an independent, comprehensive Health Impact Assessment. http://concernedhealthny.org/letters-to-governor-cuomo/

Mayor Calvin Tillman Leaves Dish, Texas Fearing 'Fracking' Effects On Family's Health http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/24/mayor-calvin-tillman-leav_n_827478.html

Air Pollution Destroys Health of Texas Fracking Communities http://ens-newswire.com/2013/09/20/air-pollution-destroys-health-of-texas-fracking-communities/

Science Lags as Health Problems Emerge Near Gas Fields http://www.propublica.org/article/science-lags-as-health-problems-emerge-near-gas-fields

Potential Health and Environmental Effects of Hydrofracking in the Williston Basin, Montana http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/health/case_studies/hydrofracking_w.html

Update on Hydrofracking- The American Academy of Pediatrics http://nysaap.org/update-on-hydrofracking/

The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX) http://endocrinedisruption.org/endocrine-disruption/the-fossil-fuel-connection

Chemicals in Natural Gas Operations http://endocrinedisruption.org/chemicals-in-natural-gas-operations/introduction

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Emma Parr and her father Bob began having nosebleeds after moving in to a home surrounded by gas wells. http://www.earthworksaction.org/index.php/voices/detail/bob_and_lisa_parr#.Uq7r8PbBE7A

“Health Concerns in the Era of Gas Drilling: A Basic Toolkit for Healthcare Providers.”  http://www.environmentalhealthproject.org/resources/medical-resources/

Impacts of gas drilling on human and animal healthhttp://www.psehealthyenergy.org/data/Bamberger_Oswald_NS22_in_press.pdf

Fracking hell: what it's really like to live next to a shale gas well http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/14/fracking-hell-live-next-shale-gas-well-texas-us?commentpage=2

American Nurses Band Together to Expose Health Risks of Fracking and Fossil Fuel Energy http://www.desmogblog.com/american-nurses-band-together-expose-health-risks-fracking-and-fossil-fuel-energy

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Fracking chemicals that interfere with hormone function found in water near drilling sites http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/12/16/Fracking-chemicals-that-interfere-with-hormone-function-found-in-water-near-drilling-sites/7341387224663/#ixzz2nisWcRfO

MU Researchers Find Fracking Chemicals Disrupt Hormone Function; Endocrine-disrupting activity linked to birth defects and infertility http://medicine.missouri.edu/news/0214.php

Fracking chemicals 'could cause infertility, cancer and birth defects' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10520735/Fracking-chemicals-could-cause-infertility-cancer-and-birth-defects.html

Update on Hydrofracking- American Academy of Pediatrics. http://nysaap.org/update-on-hydrofracking/

Fracking Waste: Too Toxic, Even For A Hazardous Waste Site http://planetsave.com/2013/04/30/fracking-waste-too-toxic-even-for-a-hazardous-waste-site/