Join LWVPA for the eleventh annual Shale and Public Health Conference on November 14th! Hear from experts on shale gas development, PFAS use, radiation, and much more. Register here to attend in person or online.

Featuring new research and practical applications:

Pitt/PA Department of Health Studies

• Bernard Goldstein, MD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health

• James Fabisiak, PhD, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health

Shale gas development waste and radiation

• Justin Nobel, MS, MA, Investigative journalist writing on science and the environment for Rolling Stone

Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure

• Sandra Steingraber, PhD, Concerned Health Professionals of New York, Science and Environmental Health Network

Fracking and Water Contaminates

• Susan Brantley, PhD, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University

• Jennifer Baka, PhD, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Department of Geography, Penn State University

Maternal and Birth Impacts

• Mary D. Willis, PhD, MPH, Boston University School of Public Health

PFAS use in shale gas development

• Dusty Horwitt, JD, Consultant, Environment & Health Program, Physicians for Social Responsibility