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Policies to keep fracking from harming health may be inadequate
Policies aimed at protecting people from adverse health impacts related to unconventional natural gas development (UNGD), or fracking, may not work as intended, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The study, conducted with colleagues from the research institute PSE Healthy Energy and Duke University, looked at the effectiveness of a regulation in Pennsylvania that requires UNGD wells to be at least 500 feet away from non-industrial buildings. The researchers found that, in spite of the regulation’s intent, there was no significant change in where wells were positioned after the regulation took effect in 2012. The findings suggest that companies involved in fracking are frequently being granted exemptions from the regulation, according to the study authors.
On Earth Day, Harvard Chan experts talk climate and health
The impact of climate change on health is far-reaching, according to experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. It can lead to higher levels of air pollution, more extreme weather events, the spread of infectious diseases, and greater risk of pandemics, they said in various media appearances on Earth Day, April 22, 2021.
A NowThis Earth documentary featured Aaron Bernstein, interim director of Harvard Chan School’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE) and a pediatrician, and Gina McCarthy, former C-CHANGE director, chair of its board of advisers, and currently White House National Climate Adviser in the Biden administration.
Immunologist says technology can keep up with COVID variants
News Highlights: Immunologist says technology can keep up with COVID variants
While public health and infectious disease experts are wary of emerging coronavirus variants, particularly one in South Africa showing signs of evading immune responses, a Harvard public health expert predicted that technology and science would eventually prevail.
“I don’t think the virus will win this war,” he said Barry Bloom, the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Research Professor of Health and former Dean of the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. Bloom, speaking to one Facebook Live Event “The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: What’s Ahead?” On Friday, said viruses routinely mutate, but only occasionally acquire new properties, such as the more contagious British variant now spreading in 60 countries, including the US. However, if necessary, the same technology that produced two effective coronavirus vaccines in record time could
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