Practical measures for reducing the risk of environmental contamination in shale energy production

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 1692-1699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Ziemkiewicz ◽  
John D. Quaranta ◽  
Michael McCawley
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Environmental Contamination ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Recommended Practices

Recommended practices to reduce environmental and human health risk during shale gas development.

scholarly journals Vulnerability of Human Populations to Contamination from Petroleum Exploitation in the Napo River Basin: An Approach for Spatially Explicit Risk Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9230
Author(s):  
Carlos Iván Espinosa ◽  
Fabián Reyes-Bueno ◽  
María Isabel Ramírez ◽  
Ana Paulina Arévalo ◽  
Natalia Bailon-Moscoso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Environmental Contamination ◽  
Spatial Model ◽  
Risk Model ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Health Risk Factors ◽  
Contamination Risk

Background: contamination of aquatic ecosystems by oil spills associated with petroleum exploitation represents a serious problem of environmental contamination that can affect human health. We developed a spatial model of contamination risk in the Ecuadorian Amazon, and evaluated the model using independent datasets on environmental contamination and clinical indicators of human health risk factors. Methods: the spatial risk of contamination for the Napo River basin was based on the calculation of a friction surface and the accessibility of possible oil contamination. Human health was evaluated using peripheral blood samples from 256 individuals. We used monitoring data on contamination to validate the spatial model of contamination risk and analyzed whether the estimated risk explained the incidence of human health risk factors. Results: our risk model showed a significant association with actual contamination detected in the study area. According to our risk model, around 30% of the territory has some level of contamination. Risk of contamination was associated with an increasing mean incidence in risk factors for human health in resident populations, but elevated contamination risk was not a significant predictor of the incidence of selected health indicators; only the incidence of inflammation was significantly increased. Conclusions: a large proportion of the populations in the Napo River basin has high vulnerability to contamination from petroleum exploitation, and this contamination risk may be traced in some indicators of health risk. Closer examination of health risk factors is warranted, and our spatial model of contamination risk can inform the design and analysis of such studies, as well as risk mitigation and management. Our approach to building the model of contamination risk could be applied in other catchments where petroleum exploitation is contemplated.

Human health risk assessment: application of the NORISC-HRA and ROME models at two test sites

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 559-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Quercia ◽  
A. Vecchio ◽  
M. Falconi ◽  
L. Togni ◽  
E. Wcislo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Human Health Risk Assessment
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