Marcellus Shale Public Health Study (Book Chapter)

Citation: Sangaramoorthy, Thurka. “Marcellus Shale Public Health Study.” In Profiles of Anthropological Praxis, edited by Terry M. Redding and Charles C. Cheney, 1st ed., 79–92. An International Casebook. Berghahn Books, 2022. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.7079901.11.

Abstract: “Fracking” is a colloquial term for unconventional natural gas development and production: the horizontal drilling of a rock layer and the subsequent injection of pressurized mixture of water, sand, and other chemicals to release gas and oil. Fracking is a relatively new technique used to extract previously inaccessible natural gas and oil reserves found deep underground in shale formations. It has been hailed by some as bringing about American energy independence, recharging the economy, and providing relief to millions by way of plummeting prices at the gas pump. Oil and natural gas development rapidly expanded throughout North America, Europe, Asia,