Fracking: Health Hazards

(asked on 14th November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies in England of the conclusions of the report of Health Protection Scotland, entitled A Health Impact Assessment of Unconventional Oil and Gas in Scotland, published on 8 November 2016.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 18th November 2016

Health Protection Scotland’s report[1] highlights some of the potential hazards associated with unconventional gas and oil extraction but, in line with Public Health England’s report in 2014[2], it finds that risks can be mitigated by adopting a range of precautionary measures involving operational best practice, regulatory frameworks and community engagement.

[1] http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/enviro/unconventionalgas.aspx

[2] http://www.hpa.org.uk/Publications/Environment/PHECRCEReportSeries/PHECRCE009/

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