From: Bob Paddock
To: Jerry Decker
Subject: SNET: (Fwd) The Health Hazards of Natural Gas. (fwd)
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 14:44:54 -0400
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 23:01:28 -0800
From: Steve Wingate
To: snetnews@world.std.com
Subject: SNET: (Fwd) The Health Hazards of Natural Gas.
David M. Wimberly
David says that to his organization's knowledge the following is the only
website on the internet that has the toxic aspects of natural gas.
For Immediate Release
April 4, 1997
MEDIA RELEASE
NATURAL GAS LINKED TO ASTHMA, RESPIRATORY ILLNESS,
ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED
ILLNESS/CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY.
Medical experts have warned that natural gas can cause serious
respiratory illness, worsen allergies and pose serious dangers
to those with environmental and chemical sensitivities. The
findings are being presented this week by the Allergy and
Environmental Health Association-Nova Scotia in partnership
with the Intervention Coalition on Sable Gas as part of the
environmental assessment review of the proposed Sable Gas
Project.
According to the British medical journal, The Lancet (Vol.347,
Feb.17, 1996), exposure to natural gas increases the risk of
asthma attacks, reduced lung function, increased airway
obstruction and shortness of breath.
According to Dr. Gerald Ross, M.D., president of the American
Academy of Environmental Medicine, "natural gas is a pollutant
chemical that can worsen both classical allergy and chemical
sensitivity." He warns that patients being treated for these
problems "will have only limited success with their treatment
programs, if they are living in a home that has natural gas or
if they are in an area where there is natural gas
transportation or leakage."
A study of 47,000 patients conducted by the Environmental
Health Centre in Dallas, Texas, further found that "the most
important sources of indoor air pollution responsible for
generating illness were the gas cook stoves, hot water heaters,
and furnaces."
According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 20
percent of Canadians are "unusually sensitive" to allergens or
chemicals, of which natural gas a is highly significant source.
"Combustion gasses and unburned fuel (including the additives)
from fossil fuel appliances can be a major source of
contaminants in the home," according to the Corporation.
"Sufficient evidence has accumulated on the negative impact
on health of using open flame gas stoves."
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have even worse rates than the rest
of Canada. AEHA-NS sources judge that one-third of Maritimers
have some form of compromised immune system condition and are
thus at high risk for adverse effect from any further stresses
such as gas to their already overworked immune systems.
The evidence is being presented to the Sable Gas Project
hearings by the Allergy and Environmental Health Association
of Nova Scotia, in association with several other health and
environmental groups and the Nova Scotia Government Employees
Union. The groups argue that the medical evidence indicates
clearly that natural gas should be restricted to generating
electrical energy, and should definitely not be introduced
directly into homes, schools, hospitals, work places or other
indoor uses as a source of cooking or heating.
In their submission to the environmental assessment review, the
groups urge that the Sable Island Gas Pipeline Project not be
approved unless the medical and environmental evidence is fully
investigated, and then only for electricity generation. "The
problem is significant and astonishingly poorly known," the
brief argues.
"Immune systems already impaired by chemical exposures may be
pushed over the brink by the added insult of gas exposure, thus
adding numerous cases of environmental illness, asthma and
allergies to Nova Scotia's and New Brunswick's already
overburdened health care systems."
The Allergy and Environmental Health Association and its
coalition partners accuse industry groups of misrepresenting
natural gas as an environmentally friendly fuel. In fact,
natural gas is an asphyxiant which contains impurities and
additives, which may include radon and other radioactive
materials, BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene),
organometallic compounds such as methylmercury organoarsenic
and organolead, mercaptan odorants and other toxins.
When natural gas is burned, as in cooking and heating, the
chemical creates nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, fine
particulates, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and volatile
organic compounds including formaldehyde. The use of natural
gas in the home will thus significantly increase indoor air
pollution, says the association.
Visit the Health Hazards of Natural Gas Web Site.
Download the research. Detailed documentation is available at
this site including the complete text of several reports:
Medical-Environmental Report, Economic Implications Report,
Alternatives Report and others.
For further information, please contact;
The Allergy and Environmental Health Association - Nova Scotia
15 Schooner Cove Road
Head of St. Margaret's Bay
Nova Scotia B0J 3J0
Phone: 902-477-4022 or 826-7846
Fax: 902-826-1369
Allergy and Environmental Health Association - Nova Scotia
and Intervention Coalition on Sable Gas partners
The Environmental Assessment to fully, comprehensively and
fairly examine all health issues related to natural gas,
especially including the indoor air pollution effects of the
use of natural gas.
The Environmental Assessment to commit at this time in
particular to not release any use of Sable Gas for any indoor
usage.
The Provincial Governments of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to
commit to not allow the use of natural gas for any indoor usages.
This protection should be guaranteed by law.
The Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to engage in a
study managed co-operatively with the Allergy and Environmental
Health Association - Nova Scotia and our Intervention Coalition
on Sable Gas partners, said study to fully evaluate which uses
of natural gas are harmful to the health of those with
environmentally induced illness/chemical sensitivity, asthma,
and allergy, and which uses are not harmful.
The Nova Scotia Power/Consumer Gas partnership and any similar
partnerships to commit to not connect any usage of natural gas
for any indoor application. And for them to participate in
cooperative studies with the Allergy and Environmental Health
Association - Nova Scotia and our Intervention Coalition on
Sable Gas partners, to study and to fully evaluate which uses
of natural gas are harmful to the health of those with
environmentally induced illness/chemical sensitivity, asthma,
and allergy and which uses are not harmful.
Educate the general public about potential environmental threats
to physical, emotional, and psychological health and well-being.
Develop management strategies to reduce risks and stay healthy
in an increasingly toxic world. Find solutions working together
with medical, scientific, and legal communities and industry to
prevent environmentally caused health problems.
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