Will Fracking Sicken and Kill More New Yorkers Than it Employs?

Co-founder of New Yorkers Against Fracking, Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., is a biologist and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Ithaca College.  A 2011 recipient of a Heinz Award, Steingraber has served on President Clinton’s National Action Plan on Breast Cancer, advised the California Breast Cancer Research Program, testified before the President’s Cancer Panel, and sits on the board of the Science and Environmental Health Network.  

Dr. Kathleen Nolan is Regional Director for the High Peaks office of Catskill Mountainkeeper in Woodstock, New York. Following a residency in pediatrics and fellowship training in clinical research design, she worked for many years at the Hastings Center, writing and teaching on diverse topics in bioethics. Dr. Nolan now works as an independent bioethicist and serves as a volunteer to multiple local and regional health initiatives in the Catskills.