U.S. Medical Professionals to Urge Halt on LNG Export Plans

A substantial number of top U.S. medical professionals, scientists and engineers will unveil a petition urging the Obama Administration to halt the rush toward large-scale export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) until the health impacts in the U.S. of dramatically expanded fracking can be resolved.

In the petition, the experts will point out that there are ample grounds for concern about the potential harm posed to humans by the hydro fracking of shale gas, and that more research must be done in order to know more about such impacts.

In the absence of needed testing, the Obama Administration could expose Americans to potential health harms, according to the joint statement from the experts organized by Physicians, Scientists, & Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE).

Phone-based news conference speakers will include:

• Seth B. Shonkoff, PhD, MPH, executive director, Physicians, Scientists, & Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE), and environmental researcher, University of California, Berkeley;
• Adam Law, MD, physician, Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY, and Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE);
• Madelon L. Finkel, PhD, professor of clinical public health, and director of the Office of Global Health Education, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City; and
• Louis W. Allstadt, former executive vice president, Mobil Oil Corporation, Cooperstown, NY.

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LNG World News Staff, December 13, 2012