PSE Healthy Energy - In the Media

August 27, 2022

Oil setbacks bill jolts local conflictThe proposed buffer distance of 3,200 feet came from a 15-member public health panel selected by UC Berkeley with the nonprofit research institute Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy.

Bakersfield.com

August 18, 2022

Connecting The Dots: Cooking, Climate, And Clean AirGas stoves can emit up to 1.3 percent of the gas as unburned methane—a powerful greenhouse gas—along with other health-damaging air pollutants.

ElectrifyThis!

August 01, 2022

Oil industry skeptical of Newsom's focus on leaky wellsThe idea of establishing the setbacks at 3,200 was put forward by a 15-member public-health panel selected by the University of California, Berkeley together with Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Health Energy.

Bakersfield.com

July 13, 2022

Doing This While You Cook Can Slash Your Cancer Risk, New Study ShowsCurtis Nordgaard, MD, MSc, a co-author of the study and an environmental health scientist for the PSE Healthy Energy research institute in Oakland, California, noted that 95 percent of the samples contained benzene.

Best Life

July 06, 2022

Your Gas Stove Might Be Leaking Toxins. Here's How to Stay SafeThe study also found that about one in 20 stoves had a gas leak when not in use that was sizable enough to recommend follow-up with an expert.

CNET

July 06, 2022

Multi-layered strategies needed to protect public health from oil and gas drilling impactsA group of public health experts from several universities and organizations is urging adoption of a multi-layered approach when developing policies to mitigate the impact of gas and oil production operations.

ScienceDaily

July 03, 2022

Do You Know What's in Your Natural Gas? This Small Study Wanted The Answer"It is well-established that natural gas is a major source of methane that's causing climate change," says visiting scientist Drew Michanowicz from Chan C-CHANGE and PSE Healthy Energy.

List 23

July 01, 2022

Gas Used in Homes Has Links to Cancer; Leaks Often UndetectedThe natural gas being piped into your home contains a wide array of toxic chemicals, including nearly two dozen so harmful they're classified as hazardous air pollutants, a new study says.

HealthDay

June 28, 2022

Study: Natural gas used in homes may contain harmful air pollutantsConsidering gas beyond its methane contents, therefore, requires “a paradigm shift” that is critical to understanding the potential health impacts of household exposure, according to Michanowicz, who is also a senior scientist at the PSE Healthy Energy research institute.

8 News Now

June 28, 2022

Hazardous air pollutants found in home-use natural gasFor the study, researchers took 234 gas samples from 69 kitchen stoves and building pipelines over a year and a half.

E&E News

June 28, 2022

Natural Gas Inside Homes Contains Toxic Compounds, Study FindsIn the samples, the team found 296 chemical compounds, and 21 of these compounds are federally considered to be hazardous air pollutants, including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, and hexane.

EcoWatch

June 28, 2022

Gas stoves leak hazardous pollutants – Harvard studyA new study has identified toxic pollutants in unburned gas leaking from stoves, raising questions about health impacts.

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