Article for ACL Viewpoint magazine 23 January 2012
By Dr Marion Carey, VicHealth Senior Research Fellow, Monash Sustainability Institute
Executive summary:
– Large scale coal seam gas development poses poorly assessed, yet potentially serious health risks to the community
– There is the potential for public health to be affected directly and indirectly by CSG operations through contamination of water, air and soil, as well as long-term impacts on rural communities.
– Current assessment, regulation and monitoring of CSG impacts on the environment, public health and vulnerable communities is insufficient to provide confidence of adequate safeguards.
We thank the Editor Australian Christian Lobby’s public policy magazine, Viewpoint