The importance of public health agency independence: Marcellus shale gas drilling in Pennsylvania.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301755 and PMC identifier 3935696.
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Abstract
Public health often deals with inconvenient truths. These are best communicated and acted on when public health agencies are independent of the organizations or individuals for whom the truths are inconvenient. The importance of public health independence is exemplified by the lack of involvement of the Pennsylvania Department of Health in responding to health concerns about shale gas drilling. Pennsylvania Department of Health involvement has been forestalled by the state governor, who has intensely supported shale gas development.
Medical subject headings
- Extraction and Processing Industry
- Government Agencies
- Natural Gas
- Public Health Administration
- State Government