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Environmental Health
Public Health Policy
Environmental Justice

Background:

Human rights include access to a safe environment, encompassing clean air and water.
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is an energy extraction method with documented environmental risks.
Fracking operations often occur in low-income and minority communities, raising environmental justice concerns.

Purpose of the Study:

To highlight the environmental injustices associated with fracking.
To emphasize the need for protecting vulnerable populations from fracking's adverse effects.
To underscore the role of nurses in advocating for environmental justice.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on fracking impacts.
Analysis of the disproportionate siting of fracking wells in vulnerable communities.
Discussion of policy and advocacy needs for environmental justice.

Main Results:

Fracking contaminates local air and water sources.
Fracking wells are disproportionately located in impoverished and minority areas.
While offering temporary economic benefits, fracking poses significant environmental and community risks.

Conclusions:

Robust systems are needed to protect communities affected by fracking.
Vulnerable populations must have a voice in decisions regarding fracking well placement.
Nurses have a critical role in educating themselves and patients about fracking's health risks and advocating for environmental justice.