INEOS Presentation to Frodsham Town Council

IMPORTANT DATE

We have a guest presentation at our next meeting by Carol Hutchinson “The Potential Health Implications Fracking Will Bring To Our Community”

When: 20th May 2019 at 7:30pm

Where: Bolsover Assembly Rooms, Hill Top S44 6NG

A presentation by Carol Hutchinson who is joint chair and co-founder of Concerned Health Professionals of the United Kingdom.

Carol will be highlighting the concerns of CHPUK in relation to the potential impacts upon the health and wellbeing of local communities should fracking be allowed to take place within our communities.

CHPUK is an organisation solely made up of Health Professionals and Academics.

CHPUK works with Registered Health professionals who are concerned about the public health risks & harms of fracking. We aim to inform, educate & lobby for change in government policy calling the government to invoke the Precautionary Principle & establish a moratorium.

In compiling the following information and comment we have had to use reports and data from sources in the USA and Australia simply because the fracking process is virtually unknown in the UK. The real benefit of quoting this material is that it is based on practical knowledge and experience and the research has been carried out by reputable organisations eg. government agencies, university studies and NOT by corporations which have a vested financial interest and little or no experience in the industry

The undesirable side effects of fracking – the health hazards, the pollution of water resources, pollution from leaking wells, pollution from hundreds of lorry journeys per day, atmospheric pollution from venting and flaring of wells, the dangers from extremely toxic (including carcinogenic) waste and the vast amounts of fresh water needed for each well are all well documented. These effects are NOT confined to other countries –they will possibly happen here also. These effects are also irreversible.

MAKE NO MISTAKE FRACKING IS HERE IN THE UK AND WILL AFFECT YOUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.