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Transcript of Session 3: How Dangerous is Natural Gas Drilling for Pregnant Women?
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Susceptibility During Pregnancy: What You
Need to Know Katie Huffling, MS, RN, CNM
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
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Today’s presentation: � Why are we especially concerned about women
during pregnancy
� What is fracking? And associated unconventional oil and gas drilling…
� Health concerns related to fracking
� What you can do!
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Exposures during
pregnancy matter
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Water Use and Contamination
� 1 million gallons of water per frack
� 200 water trucks per frack
� 40,000 gallons of chemicals per frack
� A well can be fracked 10 or more times
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Water Pollution � Temporary holding
sites
� Permanent Storage Tanks
� Re-injected at the site
� Deep-well injected elsewhere
� Illegally dumping (spraying)
� Legal spraying
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Water Pollution � BTEX (Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylenes)
� Other chemicals use in fracking process
� Methane
� Arsenic
� Radium
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Methane Pollution
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Arsenic & other solids
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353 Chemicals from 944 products identified in use for
fracking � 75% skin, eye, respiratory, and digestive problems
� 40 – 50% brain/nervous system, immune system, cardiovascular and kidney problems
� 37% endocrine disrupting
� 25% cancer causing or mutagenic
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BTEX (Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylenes)
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Contaminated well water
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Air pollution Traffic accidents Damaged roads Congestion
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Air Pollution “Side Effects” � Ground level ozone –
� Asthma
� Chronic lung disease � Premature aging of
the lungs � Poor birth outcomes
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Air pollution pregnancy impacts
� Birth defects – heart and brain/spine
� Low birth weight
� Lower Apgar Scores: � Appearance (skin coloration) � Pulse (heart rate) � Grimace response
� Activity and muscle tone � Respiration (breathing rate and
effort)
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Other Health Effects of Fracking
� Nausea and Vomiting
� Nose Bleeds
� Flu-like symptoms
� Headaches
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Social “Side Effects” � Increased “drinking while driving” arrests
� Increased sexually-transmitted diseases
� Increased use of social and health services
� Displaced seniors and other vulnerable populations
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Why don’t we know more? � Non-disclosure by the industry
� Non-disclosure agreements on settlements with industry
� Gag orders on health care providers
� Little to no research funding from government sources
� Science is very new
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What you can do
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Test your well water
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Be Aware of the Air
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Monitor symptoms
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Talk to your neighbors
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Consider the products you use
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Get involved!
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Resources � The Endocrine Disruption Exchange:
http://endocrinedisruption.org/
� Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments Fracking site: www.frackingandhealth.org
� Main ANHE site: www.enviRN.org
� Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units: http://aoec.org/pehsu/documents/hydraulic_fracturing_2011_parents_comm.pdf