US oil and gas air pollution is causing unequal health impacts: Study

The health burden and racial-ethnic disparities of air pollution from the major oil and gas lifecycle stages in the United States

US oil and gas air pollution is causing unequal health impacts: Study

Air pollutants from U.S. oil and gas operations are causing 91,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of health issues each year — with racial and ethnic minority populations bearing the biggest burden, a new study has found.  The outdoor contaminants, which include fine particulate matter (PM 2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone, take the…

Oil and gas air pollution linked to 91,000 early deaths in the US each year

Air pollution from oil and gas is causing 91,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of health issues across the United States annually, with Black, Asian, Native American and Hispanic groups consistently the most affected, finds a major new study led by researchers at UCL and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).

Study Links Oil And Gas Pollution With 90,000 Premature Deaths, 10,000 Preterm Births Annually

Residents of California, Texas, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are hit the hardest.