By Amy Lubik, Ben Parfitt and Grand Chief Stewart Phillip
Just two days before B.C. Energy Minister Michelle Mungall announced a completely inadequate “independent scientific review” of fracking in our province, an international team of scientists issued a stark warning about the human health risks associated with the natural gas industry’s rampant use of this brute force technology.
“Our examination…uncovered no evidence that fracking can be practiced in a manner that does not threaten human health,” concluded the scientists, who were affiliated either with the Concerned Health Professionals of New York or the Nobel Peace Prize-winning group, Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Tellingly, (Read more…) scientific review just announced by the B.C. government will expressly not investigate the human health impacts of fracking.