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  • Launch of Medact Yorkshire – Fracking & the Role of the Local Health Community

    May 24, 2017
    Launch of Medact Yorkshire – Fracking & the Role of the Local Health Community

    This is the launch event for a new Yorkshire-based local group for Medact!   The event will include an introduction to Medact for newcomers, a discussion on the role of […]


  • The decision to frack in Lancashire: shale gas is unburnable and must be left in the ground

    October 6, 2016
    The decision to frack in Lancashire: shale gas is unburnable and must be left in the ground

    That Lancashire County Council has been forced to grant Cuadrilla permission to undertake exploratory fracking should come as no surprise. Planning law meant that the Council could only block Cuadrilla […]


  • Dash for Gas? Background Document for Public Health Assessment of Shale Gas

    September 12, 2016
    Dash for Gas?  Background Document for Public Health Assessment of Shale Gas

    Behind our shorter report, Shale Gas Production in England – an Updated Public Health Assessment, released in July 2016, is a more detailed and fully referenced set of long notes about […]


  • An Updated Public Health Assessment of Shale Gas Fracking

    July 7, 2016
    An Updated Public Health Assessment of Shale Gas Fracking

    Medact today released an updated assessment of the potential health impacts of shale fracking in England.


  • Shale Gas Production in England – an updated public health assessment

    July 7, 2016
    Shale Gas Production in England – an updated public health assessment

    Download: A Public Health Assessment of Shale Gas in England Medact’s new report summarises the findings of a public health assessment of unconventional shale gas production in England.  In 2015 […]


  • Patrick Saunders at Fracking Masterclass

    July 5, 2016
    Patrick Saunders at Fracking Masterclass

    Fracking lectures Dr Patrick Saunders 01Watch this video on YouTube


  • Shale Gas Production in England – report release video

    June 28, 2016
    Shale Gas Production in England – report release video

    Shale Gas Production in England, an Updated Public Health AssessmentWatch this video on YouTube  


  • In support of anti-fracking campaigner Tina Rothery

    June 23, 2016
    In support of anti-fracking campaigner Tina Rothery

    Tina Rothery is a high profile community campaigner in Lancashire who will be attending Blackpool County Court on Friday 24 June, having been ordered to pay costs of over £55,000 to […]


  • Audio Recordings from Sheffield Fracking Masterclass

    June 22, 2016
    Audio Recordings from Sheffield Fracking Masterclass

    In the run up to the release of our new report, Medact and the Faculty of Public Health co-hosted a workshop on the health impacts of fracking. Audio recordings from three of the day’s presentations are now available.


  • Fracking: what is the British government trying to hide?

    April 22, 2015
    Fracking: what is the British government trying to hide?

    Decisions over the onshore drilling need to be taken with the facts in the open, not pushed through Parliament in a rush. By John Ashton We shouldn’t need a report […]


  • Medact publishes rebuttal responding to criticisms of the Medact report on Fracking and Health

    April 21, 2015
    Medact publishes rebuttal responding to criticisms of the Medact report on Fracking and Health

    On 31st of March, Medact published its report on Health and Fracking which concluded that hydraulic fracturing for shale gas (‘fracking’) poses significant risks to public health and called for an immediate […]


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