Acute myocardial infarction associated with unconventional natural gas development: A natural experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whereas it is plausible that unconventional natural gas development (UNGD) may adversely affect cardiovascular health, little is currently known. We investigate whether UNGD is associated with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Methods

In this observational study leveraging the natural experiment generated by New York's ban on hydraulic fracturing, we analyzed the relationship between age- and sex-specific county-level AMI hospitalization and mortality rates and three UNGD drilling measures. This longitudinal panel analysis compares Pennsylvania and New York counties on the Marcellus Shale observed over 2005-2014 (N = 2840 county-year-quarters).

Results

A hundred cumulative wells is associated with 0.26 more hospitalizations per 10,000 males 45-54y.o. (95%

SUBMITTER: Denham A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7987810 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature