Fracking Our Health?

March 7, 2014

12:00AM - 1:30AM

COSI, 333 West Broad Street

Add to Calendar 2014-03-07 01:00:00 2014-03-07 02:30:00 Fracking Our Health? Event Host: Health Sciences Frontiers Join us for a public conversaton on hydraulic fracking with a panel of environmental health, media, and risk communication experts. Hydraulic fracking and the health risks that possibly accompany it has become a national topic of conversation. Advocates and activists on both sides attempt to influence public opinion about fracking using media like advertisements, documentary films, and targeted campaigns. In Ohio, there are currently over 250 Utica Shale fracking wells producing natural gas, with the number expected to almost double in the next few years out of the more than 1000 permits issued for future development. With this surge of fracking come many questions and concerns about the potential risks and benefits of the process. What information is most vital for the public to best understand the situation? What does the health science say about public health risks surrounding fracking? Have health and regulatory experts effectively communicated these issues to the public? What inaccuracies or misinformation has been presented from both sides of the debate? Why has fracking become such a polarized issue for many in Ohio? PANELISTS: Mike Bisesi, professor, environmental health sciences, The Ohio State University Daniel Kahan, professor of law and psychology, Yale University Law School Mark Somerson, health and environment editor, The Columbus Dispatch MODERATOR: WOSU news director Mike Thompson. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP to science_forum@osu.edu by March 5, 2014 The Health Science Frontiers project hosts a series of televised public forums that involve a panel discussion about topical health science issues with a broad array of experts including scientists, communicators, reporters, medical providers, ethicists, advocates, and policy-makers. Following the panel, audience members will have the opportunity to add their own questions and insights into the discussion. This project is directed by Dr. Erik C. Nisbet, assistant professor in Ohio State's School of Communication. He can be reached at science_forum@osu.edu. COSI, 333 West Broad Street OSU ASC Drupal 8 ascwebservices@osu.edu America/New_York public

Add to Calendar 2014-03-07 00:00:00 2014-03-07 01:30:00 Fracking Our Health? Event Host: Health Sciences Frontiers Join us for a public conversaton on hydraulic fracking with a panel of environmental health, media, and risk communication experts. Hydraulic fracking and the health risks that possibly accompany it has become a national topic of conversation. Advocates and activists on both sides attempt to influence public opinion about fracking using media like advertisements, documentary films, and targeted campaigns. In Ohio, there are currently over 250 Utica Shale fracking wells producing natural gas, with the number expected to almost double in the next few years out of the more than 1000 permits issued for future development. With this surge of fracking come many questions and concerns about the potential risks and benefits of the process. What information is most vital for the public to best understand the situation? What does the health science say about public health risks surrounding fracking? Have health and regulatory experts effectively communicated these issues to the public? What inaccuracies or misinformation has been presented from both sides of the debate? Why has fracking become such a polarized issue for many in Ohio? PANELISTS: Mike Bisesi, professor, environmental health sciences, The Ohio State University Daniel Kahan, professor of law and psychology, Yale University Law School Mark Somerson, health and environment editor, The Columbus Dispatch MODERATOR: WOSU news director Mike Thompson. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP to science_forum@osu.edu by March 5, 2014 The Health Science Frontiers project hosts a series of televised public forums that involve a panel discussion about topical health science issues with a broad array of experts including scientists, communicators, reporters, medical providers, ethicists, advocates, and policy-makers. Following the panel, audience members will have the opportunity to add their own questions and insights into the discussion. This project is directed by Dr. Erik C. Nisbet, assistant professor in Ohio State's School of Communication. He can be reached at science_forum@osu.edu. COSI, 333 West Broad Street College of Arts and Sciences asccomm@osu.edu America/New_York public

Event Host: Health Sciences Frontiers

Join us for a public conversaton on hydraulic fracking with a panel of environmental health, media, and risk communication experts.

Hydraulic fracking and the health risks that possibly accompany it has become a national topic of conversation. Advocates and activists on both sides attempt to influence public opinion about fracking using media like advertisements, documentary films, and targeted campaigns.

In Ohio, there are currently over 250 Utica Shale fracking wells producing natural gas, with the number expected to almost double in the next few years out of the more than 1000 permits issued for future development. With this surge of fracking come many questions and concerns about the potential risks and benefits of the process.

What information is most vital for the public to best understand the situation?

What does the health science say about public health risks surrounding fracking?

Have health and regulatory experts effectively communicated these issues to the public?

What inaccuracies or misinformation has been presented from both sides of the debate?

Why has fracking become such a polarized issue for many in Ohio?

PANELISTS:

Mike Bisesi, professor, environmental health sciences, The Ohio State University

Daniel Kahan, professor of law and psychology, Yale University Law School

Mark Somerson, health and environment editor, The Columbus Dispatch

MODERATOR: WOSU news director Mike Thompson.

This event is free and open to the public. RSVP to science_forum@osu.edu by March 5, 2014

The Health Science Frontiers project hosts a series of televised public forums that involve a panel discussion about topical health science issues with a broad array of experts including scientists, communicators, reporters, medical providers, ethicists, advocates, and policy-makers. Following the panel, audience members will have the opportunity to add their own questions and insights into the discussion.

This project is directed by Dr. Erik C. Nisbet, assistant professor in Ohio State's School of Communication. He can be reached at science_forum@osu.edu.

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