This chapter of the Scientific Assessment focused on potential health impacts of four different shale gas development (SGD) scenarios. The scope of the study is to assess potential human health risks in the study area. International experience and scientific evidence was used to predict the potential health impacts. The following had to be done for the impact assessment: identify potential chemicals to be used, assess the potential health impacts of these chemicals, assess the potential population that could be exposed, and consider the potential pathways through which the population might be exposed.
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