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Argo, J. (2001, December). Unhealthy effects of upstream oil and gas flaring. IntrAmericas Centre for Environment and Health, Prepared for Presentation Before the Public Review Commission into the Effects of Potential Oil and Gas Drilling Activities in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Bamberger, M., Oswald, R. (2012). Impacts of gas drilling on human and animal health. New Solutions, 22(1), 51-77. Peer Reviewed.

Bishop, R. (2011). Chemical and biological risk assessment for natural gas extraction in New York. Sustainable Otsego.

Brisson, G., Campagna, C., Carrier, G., Chevalier, P., Deger, L., Gauvin, D., … Smargiassi, A. (2010, November). État des connaissances sur la relation entre les activités liées au gaz de schiste et la santé publique. Institut national de santé publique du Québec. Rapport préliminaire.

Colborn, T., Kwiatkowski, C., Schultz, K., & Bachran, M. (2011). Natural gas operations from a public health perspective. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 17(5), 1039-1056. Peer Reviewed.

Colorado School of Public Health. (2011, February). Battlement Mesa Health Impact Assessment (2nd draft).

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Finkel, M., Hays, J. & Law, A. (2013). Review article: Modern natural gas development and harm to health: The need for proactive public health policies. ISRN Public Health. Peer Reviewed.

Finkel, M., Law, A. (2011, May). The rush to drill for natural gas: A public health cautionary tale. American Journal of Public Health, 101(5), 784-5. Peer Reviewed.

Goldstein, B., Kriesky, J., & Pavliakova, B. (2012, April). Missing from the table: Role of the environmental public health community in governmental advisory commissions related to Marcellus shale drilling. Environmental Health Perspectives, 120(4), 483-486. Peer Reviewed.

Howarth, R., Ingraffea, A., & Engelder, T. (2011, September 15). Should fracking stop? Extracting gas from shale increases the availability of this resource, but the health and environmental risks may be too high. Nature, 477, 271-275. Peer Reviewed.

Ingraffea, A. (2012, March). Unconventional gas development from shale, myths and realities related to human health impacts.

Kassotis, C.D., Tilitt, D.E., Davis, J.M., Hormann, A.M., & Nagel, S.C. (2013). Estrogen and androgen receptor activities of hydraulic fracturing chemicals and surface and ground water in a drilling-dense region. Endocrinology. Peer Reviewed.

Krzyzanowski, J. (2012). Environmental pathways of potential impacts to human health from oil and gas development in northeast British Columbia, Canada. Environmental Reviews, 20(2), 122-134. Peer Reviewed.

Lechtenbohmer, S., Altmann, M., Capito, S., Matra, Z., Weindrorf, W., & Zittel, W. (2011). Impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction on the environment and on human health. Brussels, Belgium: European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Macey, G.P., Breech, R., Chernaik, M., Cox, C., Larson, D., Thomas, D., & Carpenter, D.O. (2014, October). Air concentrations of volatile compounds near oil and gas production: A community-based exploratory study. Environmental Health, 13, 82. Peer Reviewed.

McKenzie, L., Witter, R., Newman, L., & Adgate, J. (2012, March). Human health risk assessment of air emissions from development of unconventional natural gas resources. Science of the Total Environment, 1(424), 79-87. Peer Reviewed.

McKenzie, L.M., Guo, R., Witter, R.Z., Savitz, D.A., Newman, L.S., & Adgate, J.L. (2014). Birth outcomes and maternal residential proximity to natural gas development in rural Colorado. Environmental Health Perspectives. Peer Reviewed.

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Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (2013). OSHA-NIOSH Hazard alert: Worker exposure to silica during hydraulic fracturing.

Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health. (2012, September). Chief Medical Officer of Health’s recommendations concerning shale gas development in New Brunswick. New Brunswick Department of Health.

Québec Institut national de santé publique. Direction de la santé environnementale et de la toxicology. (2010). État des connaissances sur la relation entre les activités liées au gaz de schiste et la santé publique. Rapport préliminaire.

Québec Institut national de santé publique. Direction de la santé environnementale et de la toxicology. (2013). État des connaissances sur la relation entre les activités liées au gaz de schiste et la santé publique. Mise à jour.

Rabinowitz, P.M., Slizovskly, I.B., Lamers, V, Trufan, S.J., Holford, T.R., Dziura, J.D,… Stowe, M.H. (2014, September). Proximity to natural gas wells and reported health health status: Results of a household survey in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Environmental Health Perspectives. (Advance publication.) Peer Reviewed.

Resnikoff, M. (2012). Radon in natural gas from Marcellus Shale. Radioactive Waste Management Associates.

Schmidt, C.W. (2011, August). Blind rush? Shale gas boom proceeds amid human health questions. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(8), a348-a353.

Song, L. (2012, March 21). Tiny doses of gas drilling chemicals may have big health effects. Inside Climate News.

Steinzor, N., Subra, W., & Sumi, L. (2013). Investigating links between shale gas development and health impacts through a community survey project in Pennsylvania. New Solutions, 23(1), 55-83.

Vandenberg, L., Colborn, T., Hayes, T., Heindel, J., Jacobs, Jr., D., Lee, D., … Peterson Myers, J. (2012, March). Hormones and endocrine-disrupting chemicals: Low-dose effects and nonmonotonic dose responses. Endocrine Reviews, 33(3). Peer Reviewed.

White, E.I. (2012). Consideration of radiation in hazardous waste produced from horizontal hydrofracking. National Council on Radiation Protection and Grassroots Environmental Protection.

Wilson, S., Subra, W., & Sumi, L. (2013, September). Reckless endangerment while fracking the Eagle Ford: Government fails, public health suffers and industry profits from the shale oil boom. Earthworks.

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